NCJ Number
243974
Date Published
October 2013
Length
0 pages
Annotation
This Web-based document from the Federal Bureau of Investigation presents information on the number of law enforcement officers killed and assaulted in 2012.
Abstract
Highlights from this report on the number of law enforcement officers killed or assaulted include the following: in 2012, 48 law enforcement officers died from injuries incurred in the line of duty during felonious incidents. Of the officers feloniously killed, 21 were employed by city police departments, including 6 who were members of law enforcement agencies in cities with 250,000 or more inhabitants. Line-of-duty deaths occurred in 26 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. By region, 22 officers were feloniously killed in the South, 8 officers in the West, 6 officers in the Midwest, and 6 officers in the Northeast. Six officers were feloniously killed in U.S. territories; 5 in Puerto Rico and 1 in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Data for this report were collected through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. The data in the report reflects the number of victim officers and not the actual number of incidents or weapons that were used in the incidents. This Web-based report also allows users to download a printable version of the report as well as access previous editions of the report and information about the UCR program. Tables and figures