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Table 53 | ||||||||
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed | ||||||||
State and Agency by Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 2002 | ||||||||
State Agency |
Total | Automobile accidents |
Motorcycle accidents |
Aircraft accidents |
Struck by vehicles |
Accidental shootings |
Other accidental |
(Detail) |
Total | 77 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 7 | |
ALABAMA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of Public Safety, Mobile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Prichard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ALASKA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of Corrections, Anchorage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
National Park Service, King Salmon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ARIZONA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Chandler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scottsdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (explosion) |
ARKANSAS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Little Rock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
CALIFORNIA | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Highway Patrol, Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Orange County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
San Fernando | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Border Patrol, Chula vista | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
COLOARADO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of Natural Resources, Denver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Park Police | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
FLORIDA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Columbia County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Union County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GEORGIA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
DeKalb County Police | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
East Point | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
ILLINOIS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Bellwood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (struck by train) |
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LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED