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Table 22
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Region, 2003–2012
| Circumstance | Total | Northeast | Midwest | South | West |
Puerto Rico and Other Outlying Areas |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 535 | 59 | 94 | 251 | 110 | 21 |
| Disturbance call | Total | 64 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 10 | 2 |
| Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 31 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | |
| Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 33 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 0 | |
| Arrest situation | Total | 124 | 18 | 19 | 61 | 17 | 9 |
| Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 44 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 6 | |
| Drug-related matter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Attempting other arrest | 60 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 10 | 0 | |
| Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 14 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 60 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 2 |
| Ambush situation | Total | 115 | 14 | 23 | 54 | 22 | 2 |
| Entrapment/premeditation | 41 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | |
| Unprovoked attack | 74 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 16 | 0 | |
| Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Handling person with mental illness | Total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 96 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 27 | 1 |
| Felony vehicle stop | 34 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 0 | |
| Traffic violation stop | 62 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 1 | |
| Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 43 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 0 |
