64 officers were shot and killed in the line of duty in 2022, mirroring the 64 officers who were shot and killed in 2021. This continues a disturbing trend of an increase in firearms-related deaths compared to the average number of officers killed by gunfire each year in the prior decade. From 2010 through the […]
Line of duty deaths increased 55% in 2021 from 2020 among law enforcement officers nationwide, according to the 2021 Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities Report from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF). A total of 458 officers died in 2021, according to the preliminary data. That number includes officers at the federal, state, local, military, tribal and territorial levels. The leading cause of death, COVID-19, was responsible for 301 […]
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