LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED – 2009

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED – 2009

THESE STATISTICS REPRESENT PRELIMINARY INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE FBI, JANUARY THROUGH JUNE 2009:

TWENTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN KILLED DUE TO CRIMINAL ACTIONS. DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD IN 2008, 21 OFFICERS WERE SLAIN.

EIGHT DEATHS OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH, FIVE IN THE NORTHEAST, FOUR IN THE WEST, AND THREE OFFICERS IN THE MIDWEST.

CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVING THE 20 SLAIN OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

SIX WERE PERFORMING TRAFFIC PURSUITS/STOPS

FOUR WERE AMBUSHED

THREE WERE ANSWERING DISTURBANCE CALLS (TWO BEING DOMESTIC-RELATED)

THREE OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED IN TACTICAL SITUATIONS

TWO WERE SLAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING OTHER ARRESTS

ONE WAS RESPONDING TO A ROBBERY CALL

ONE OFFICER WAS HANDLING PERSON WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

FIREARMS WERE USED IN 18 OF THE 20 KILLINGS (EIGHT HANDGUNS, EIGHT RIFLES, AND TWO FIREARM TYPES
NOT REPORTED)

TWO OFFICERS WERE KILLED WITH VEHICLES.

THIRTEEN OFFICERS WERE WEARING PROTECTIVE VESTS.

THERE HAVE BEEN 14 SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN WHICH THESE 20 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SLAIN. ALL INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN CLEARED BY ARREST OR EXCEPTIONAL MEANS.

TWENTY-SIX LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. DURING THE SANE TIME PERIOD IN 2008, 26 OFFICERS WERE ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.

SIXTEEN DEATHS OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH, FIVE IN THE WEST, FOUR IN THE NORTHEAST, AND ONE IN THE MIDWEST.

NINETEEN OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

THREE WERE STRUCK BY VEHICLES

ONE WAS KILLED IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT

ONE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING TREE LIMB

ONE IN AIRCRAFT CRASH

ONE OFFICER WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.