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The official count from the FBI is that 27 law enforcement officers were 'feloniously' killed in the line of duty in 2013 (the lowest in a 35-year period 1980–2014), and an additional 49 died in accidents (total: 76).
Jul 8, 2016 · FBI data shows that the average number of officers killed feloniously (not accidental or due to a medical emergency) is on an overall downward trend. The decrease can be attributed to several...
Apr 16, 2018 · The first modern police force in the United States was the Philadelphia Police Department, and according to the Officer Down Memorial page, the first PPD officer killed in the line of duty was Watchman Steven Heimer, shot at the beginning of a riot on January 8, 1828.
Apr 29, 2024 · April 29, 1786. Sheriff Benjamin Branch of Chesterfield County, Virginia died when he was thrown from his horse becoming the first known law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty.
Mar 18, 2013 · A Shocking Statistic. Formed in 1789 to enforce federal law, the U.S. Marshals Service suffered its first casualty five years later. Between then and 1872, eleven other officers would die in the line of duty. But the Indian Territory was bad ground for the marshals.
Trooper Nolan Sanders (North Carolina Highway Patrol) was killed in a single-vehicle crash after his patrol car left the roadway and struck a concrete barrier. Trooper Sanders suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.
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