Table 54

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
Age Group by Years of Service, 1997-2006

Age group Total Less than
1 year
1 - 5
years
6 - 10
years
11 - 15 years 16 - 20 years 21 - 25 years 26 - 30 years Over 30 years Years of service
not reported
Number of victim officers 739 44 262 149 90 90 53 27 17 7
Under 25 49 15 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 - 30 166 17 121 28 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 - 35 151 7 59 59 24 2 0 0 0 0
36 - 40 115 3 23 30 32 25 0 0 0 2
41 - 45 90 0 12 15 14 34 15 0 0 0
46 - 50 67 1 6 7 8 15 21 8 1 0
51 - 55 54 0 5 8 8 5 13 11 3 1
56 - 60 29 0 2 1 3 6 4 7 6 0
Over 60 15 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 7 0
Not reported 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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