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Home LEOKA 2010 Tables Table 50

Table 50

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Time of Incident, 2001–2010

Time Total 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of victim officers 718 76 75 81 82 67 66 83 68 48 72
Total A.M. hours 330 31 28 43 39 32 26 37 32 23 39
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 86 10 5 13 8 9 5 8 10 8 10
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 70 4 3 11 14 7 5 9 7 2 8
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 41 4 2 4 2 9 4 3 5 4 4
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 38 5 6 5 4 0 5 2 3 3 5
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 42 4 4 5 6 4 2 8 3 2 4
10:01 a.m.–Noon 53 4 8 5 5 3 5 7 4 4 8
Total P.M. hours 385 45 46 38 43 34 40 46 36 25 32
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 68 7 9 6 7 6 9 10 6 4 4
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 65 10 7 10 11 4 3 7 5 3 5
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 48 2 8 3 4 5 10 6 4 3 3
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 54 8 7 7 6 9 3 3 3 3 5
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 70 9 8 6 3 5 6 12 7 8 6
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 80 9 7 6 12 5 9 8 11 4 9
Not reported 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1