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Number of police deaths drops in 2012

Number of police deaths drops in 2012

Police deaths were down substantially in 2012 compared to 2011, according to a new FBI tabulation.
  • Written by mikekeat
  • 16th May 2013

Police deaths were down substantially in 2012 compared to 2011, according to a new FBI tabulation. A total of 47 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty as the result of criminal acts last year, 25 less than were reported in 2011.

The perpetrators who committed the killings used guns in 43 of the 47 deaths. Two officers were killed with vehicles used as weapons, one was killed with a knife, and one officer died after being beaten. Twenty of the officers who perished were shielded with bulletproof body armor at the time of the incidents.

By region, 22 officers were killed as a result of criminal acts that occurred in the south, eight officers in the west, six officers in the northeast, five officers died due to incidents in the midwest, and six officers were killed in the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

As in past years, most of the officer deaths were firearm-related. Offenders used firearms in 43 of the 47 felonious deaths. These included 30 incidents with handguns, seven incidents with rifles, and three incidents with shotguns. The type of firearm was not reported in three of the incidents.

An additional 45 officers were accidentally killed in the line of duty in 2012. This total represents eight fewer officers who died in accidents when compared with the 53 officers who were accidentally killed during the same time frame in 2011.

Final 2012 police death statistics will be included in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program’s publication, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) analysis that is issued in October.

President Barack Obama is bestowing honors on police officers killed in the line of duty. Earlier this week he said members of law enforcement never let down their guard and that the public they serve should "never let slide our gratitude."

Obama spoke on Wednesday, May 15, at the National Peace Officers Memorial Service, an annual ceremony to remember those law enforcement personnel who died the previous year.

Among those the president singled out was Bruce St. Laurent, a 20-year veteran of the Jupiter, Fla., police department who was killed last September when his motorcycle was struck during an Obama motorcade. Obama told ceremony attendees that he is always mindful of the sacrifices made by police officers assigned to protect him and his family.

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