124 Police Officers Were Killed In The U.S. Last Year
Last Thursday night, a gunman in Dallas killed five police officers and wounded eight others, the worst toll on U.S. law enforcement since 9/11. It's a dangerous job - 124 officers lost their lives last year with 51 dying so far in 2016. Generally, the number of police fatalities has fallen considerably since it peaked at 280 in 1974.
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This chart shows police officer fatalities in the United States from 1960 to 2015.
Number of law enforcement officers killed in the United States from 2011 to 2024
Number of law enforcement officer fatalities in the United States from 2009 to 2022
Number of law enforcement officers shot in the United States from 2009 to 2022
Number of law enforcement officers killed in the United States from 2010 to 2019, by gender
Number of people killed by the police in the United States in 2015, by method
Number of law enforcement officers killed in the United States in 2023, by race
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