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Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed[1] | |||||||||||
Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 1993-2002 | |||||||||||
Circumstance | Total | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
Total | 636 | 70 | 80 | 74 | 61 | 71 | 61 | 42 | 51 | 70 | 56 |
Disturbance calls | 98 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 9 |
Bar fights, person with firearm, etc. | 41 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Family quarrels | 57 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
Arrest situations | 205 | 28 | 34 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 10 |
Burglaries in progress/pursuing burglary suspects | 23 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Robberies in progress / pursuing robbery suspects | 73 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Drug-related matters | 38 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
Attempting other arrests | 71 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
Civil disorders (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoners | 20 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances | 105 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Ambush situations | 96 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Entrapment/premeditation | 34 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Unprovoked attacks | 62 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 |
Mentally deranged assailants | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Traffic pursuits/stops | 97 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
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LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FELONIOUSLY KILLED