FBI Releases 2011 Statistics On Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted



The FBI released the below on November 19th:

According to the FBI, 72 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2011. Another 53 officers died in accidents while performing their duties, and 54,774 officers were assaulted in the line of duty. Comprehensive tabular data about these incidents and brief narratives describing the fatal attacks are included in the 2011 edition of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, released today.

You can read the rest of the FBI report via the below link:

http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2011-statistics-on-law-enforcement-officers-killed-and-assaulted?utm_campaign=email-Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=national-press-releases&utm_content=154840