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Table 53 | ||||||||
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed | ||||||||
State and Agency by Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 2002—Continued | ||||||||
State Agency | Total | Automobile accidents |
Motorcycle accidents |
Aircraft accidents |
Struck by vehicles |
Accidental shootings |
Other accidental |
(Detail) |
NEW MEXICO | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Albuquerque | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Santa Fe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (drowning) |
NEW YORK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cheektowaga Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Tarrytown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
NORTH CAROLINA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Boone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chowan County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pender County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Raleigh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
OHIO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, New Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (struck by tree) |
OKLAHOMA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of Public Safety, Enid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
OREGON | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Josephine County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Portland Police Bureau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
PENNSYLVANIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Plumstead Township | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SOUTH CAROLINA | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Berkeley County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Clarendon County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Elloree | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Highway Patrol, Florence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Summerville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
TENNESSEE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Clarksville | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED