Table 16

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency by Type of Assignment, 1997-2006

Population group Total 2-Officer
vehicle
1-Officer vehicle Foot patrol Other1 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 562 68 165 134 5 3 34 98 55
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 107 26 14 19 0 0 5 30 13
Group II (cities 100,000 - 249,999) 50 5 11 18 0 0 1 9 6
Group III (cities 50,000 - 99,999) 21 0 11 5 0 0 1 3 1
Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999) 23 0 10 8 0 0 1 4 0
Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999) 34 2 10 11 1 0 4 4 2
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 76 7 29 19 2 0 5 7 7
Metropolitan counties 101 8 30 32 0 0 5 15 11
Nonmetropolitan counties 63 5 27 14 0 0 4 13 0
State agencies 43 5 23 6 0 0 3 5 1
Federal agencies 15 3 0 2 2 1 4 2 1
Puerto Rico and Other Outlying Areas 29 7 0 0 0 2 1 6 13

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