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Home LEOKA 2012 Tables Table 5

Table 5

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Month of Incident, 2003–2012

Month Total 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Number of victim officers 535 52 57 55 48 58 41 48 56 72 48
January 48 3 4 6 1 6 8 1 4 9 6
February 39 3 6 3 6 5 4 1 4 3 4
March 50 4 6 6 5 8 0 6 5 9 1
April 48 9 6 6 2 2 1 8 1 9 4
May 40 6 1 6 6 7 2 0 7 3 2
June 51 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 4 6 4
July 47 4 5 4 0 6 4 7 7 8 2
August 60 6 8 7 7 5 4 4 4 7 8
September 38 1 5 3 5 7 6 4 1 1 5
October 30 1 3 2 6 4 1 2 5 5 1
November 28 1 2 7 1 0 1 4 6 2 4
December 56 7 4 2 5 4 4 5 8 10 7