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Table 52 | |||||||||||
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed | |||||||||||
Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 1993-2002 | |||||||||||
Circumstance | Total | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
Total | 681 | 59 | 62 | 59 | 52 | 63 | 82 | 65 | 84 | 78 | 77 |
Automobile accidents | 381 | 38 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 49 | 41 | 42 | 38 | 42 |
Motorcycle accidents | 49 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Aircraft accidents | 58 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
Struck by vehicles | 111 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 12 |
Traffic stops, roadblocks, etc. | 38 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Directing traffic, assisting motorists, etc. | 73 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 |
Accidental shootings | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Crossfires, mistaken for subject, firearm mishaps | 17 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Training sessions | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Self-inflicted, cleaning mishaps (not apparent or confirmed suicides) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other accidental (falls, drownings, etc.) | 53 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 |
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED AND ASSAULTED, 2002
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