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Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed | |||||||||||
Profile of Victim Officers, Age Groups, 1993-2002 | |||||||||||
Victim officers | Total | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
Total | 681 | 59 | 62 | 59 | 52 | 63 | 82 | 65 | 84 | 78 | 77 |
Age | |||||||||||
Under 25 years | 47 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
25 - 30 years | 171 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 13 |
31 - 40 years | 233 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 29 |
Over 40 years | 225 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 22 | 33 | 28 | 29 |
Age not reported | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Average years of age | 37 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 39 |
Table 49 | |||||||||||
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed | |||||||||||
Profile of Victim Officers, Race and Sex, 1993-2002 | |||||||||||
Victim officers | Total | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
Total | 681 | 59 | 62 | 59 | 52 | 63 | 82 | 65 | 84 | 78 | 77 |
Race | |||||||||||
White | 586 | 49 | 56 | 45 | 44 | 51 | 68 | 60 | 74 | 68 | 71 |
Black | 65 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
American Indian/ Alaskan Native | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Race not reported | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Sex | |||||||||||
Male | 638 | 55 | 60 | 56 | 48 | 60 | 74 | 62 | 80 | 72 | 71 |
Female | 43 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED AND ASSAULTED, 2002
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