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Home LEOKA 2010 Tables Table 5

Table 5

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Month of Incident, 2001–2010

Month Total 20011 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of victim officers 541 70 56 52 57 55 48 58 41 48 56
January 44 3 8 3 4 6 1 6 8 1 4
February 42 7 3 3 6 3 6 5 4 1 4
March 51 7 4 4 6 6 5 8 0 6 5
April 42 3 4 9 6 6 2 2 1 8 1
May 48 6 7 6 1 6 6 7 2 0 7
June 49 7 1 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 4
July 49 7 5 4 5 4 0 6 4 7 7
August 61 9 7 6 8 7 7 5 4 4 4
September 43 7 4 1 5 3 5 7 6 4 1
October 29 3 2 1 3 2 6 4 1 2 5
November 35 6 7 1 2 7 1 0 1 4 6
December 48 5 4 7 4 2 5 4 4 5 8
  • 1The deaths of the 72 law enforcement officers that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.