THESE STATISTICS REPRESENT PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
RECEIVED BY THE FBI, JANUARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2007:
FORTY-FOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN KILLED DUE TO CRIMINAL
ACTIONS. DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD IN 2006, 36 OFFICERS WERE SLAIN.
TWENTY-FOUR DEATHS OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH, EIGHT IN THE MIDWEST, SIX IN
THE WEST, FIVE IN THE NORTHEAST, AND ONE IN PUERTO RICO. CIRCUMSTANCES
INVOLVING THE 44 SLAIN OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 11 WERE PERFORMING
TRAFFIC PURSUITS/STOPS, EIGHT WERE AMBUSHED, SIX WERE ANSWERING
DISTURBANCE CALLS (THREE BEING DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALLS), FIVE WERE ATTEMPTING
OTHER ARRESTS, FOUR WERE INVESTIGATING SUSPICIOUS PERSONS OR
CIRCUMSTANCES, FOUR WERE RESPONDING TO ROBBERY CALLS, TWO WERE INVOLVED IN
TACTICAL SITUATIONS, ONE WAS ANSWERING BURGLARY CALL,ONE WAS
HANDLING/TRANSPORTING PRISONER, ONE WAS INVESTIGATING DRUG-RELATED MATTER, AND ONE
OFFICER WAS SLAIN DURING INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITY. FIREARMS WERE USED IN 42
OF THE 44 KILLINGS (32 HANDGUNS, SIX RIFLES, AND FOUR SHOTGUNS) AND
VEHICLES IN TWO. TWENTY-THREE OFFICERS WERE WEARING PROTECTIVE VESTS.
THERE HAVE BEEN 40 SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN WHICH THESE 44 OFFICERS HAVE
BEEN SLAIN. ALL 40 INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN CLEARED BY ARREST OR EXCEPTIONAL
MEANS.
FIFTY-ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD IN 2006, 47 OFFICERS WERE ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
TWENTY-EIGHT DEATHS OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH, 12 IN THE WEST, SIX IN THE
NORTHEAST, AND FIVE IN THE MIDWEST. THIRTY OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS, SIX WERE STRUCK BY VEHICLES, FOUR WERE KILLED IN
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS, THREE WERE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT, TWO WERE KILLED IN
AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS, ONE OFFICER DROWNED, ONE AS FATALLY INJURED IN ATV
ACCIDENT, ONE WAS EXPOSED TO POISONOUS GAS, ONE OFFICER'S PATROL UNIT WAS
STRUCK BY TORNADO, ONE OFFICER WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN TREE FELL ON
PATROL VEHICLE, AND ONE OFFICER HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEE STING.