Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
State and Agency by Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 2005
State/Agency |
Total | Automobile accidents |
Motorcycle accidents |
Aircraft accidents |
Struck by vehicles |
Accidental shootings |
Drownings | Falls | Other | (Detail) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 67 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
ALABAMA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
White Hall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
York | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ARIZONA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phoenix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pima County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ARKANSAS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Little Rock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
White County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
CALIFORNIA | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, Commerce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Highway Patrol | ||||||||||
Fort Tejon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Santa Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Santa Fe Springs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rocklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sacramento County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
San Bernardino County | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tulare County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
COLORADO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
National Park Service, Rocky Mountain National Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FLORIDA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Fort Lauderdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
New Smyrna Beach | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
University of Central Florida, Orlando |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GEORGIA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Clayton County Police | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hall County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Henry County Bureau of Police Services | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ILLINOIS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Decatur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Normal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Niles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
INDIANA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lawrence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lawrenceburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pulaski County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
LOUISIANA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Baton Rouge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Evangeline Parish | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MASSACHUSETTS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Logan International Airport | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Swansea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MICHIGAN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Flint | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mattawan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne County Airport Authority | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MISSOURI | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bridgeton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Highway Patrol | ||||||||||
Springfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
St. Louis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willow Springs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
NEW JERSEY | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Atlantic City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jersey City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
NEW YORK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Essex County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
NORTH CAROLINA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cumberland County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
OKLAHOMA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Oklahoma City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sapulpa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shawnee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
PENNSYLVANIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Easton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SOUTH CAROLINA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Anderson County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hardeeville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Richland County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
TENNESSEE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Highway Patrol, Nashville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Murfreesboro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
TEXAS | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Brazoria County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of Public Safety, Austin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (struck in head) |
El Paso County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mexia Independent School District | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
San Antonio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
San Jacinto County Constable | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Trinity County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
VIRGINIA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Northumberland County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
WASHINGTON | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Seattle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Puerto Rico, Hato Rey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (jet ski mishap) |