These statistical tables, based on data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2019, present information concerning line-of-duty deaths or assaults of law enforcement officers in the United States, including–
- law enforcement officers feloniously killed, by race, ethnicity, and sex of victim officer
- circumstances encountered by victim officer upon arrival at scene of incident
- status of known offender at time of incident.
These supplemental tables present data on violent incidents, excluding simple assaults, by total population, victim, and offender demographic characteristics.
Findings are based on data from BJS’s National Crime Victimization Survey.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Jeffrey H. Anderson is the director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities, visit BJS online.
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