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Table 12
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Victim Officer's Use of Weapon During Incident, 2001–2010
Victim officer | Total | 20011 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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Number of victim officers | 541 | 70 | 56 | 52 | 57 | 55 | 48 | 58 | 41 | 48 | 56 |
Fired own weapon | 121 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 16 |
Attempted to use own weapon | 94 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
Did not use or attempt to use own weapon |
236 | 37 | 25 | 21 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 18 | 20 |
Use of weapon not reported | 90 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 13 |
- 1The deaths of the 72 law enforcement officers that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.