Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2005 Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation

Table 7

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Profile of Victim Officers, Years of Service, 1996-2005


Victim officers Total 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 20011 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 575 61 70 61 42 51 70 56 52 57 55
Years of service            
Less than 1 year 19 2 4 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 2
1 - 5 years 201 28 19 25 15 19 28 16 17 14 20
6 - 10 years 146 14 26 12 12 11 12 19 14 16 10
11 - 15 years 84 3 6 11 10 5 14 11 9 8 7
16 - 20 years 62 9 5 8 2 7 6 6 5 5 9
21 - 25 years 28 0 7 0 2 6 2 2 2 2 5
26 - 30 years 21 2 1 1 0 0 6 1 2 6 2
Over 30 years 7 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
Years of service not reported 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Average years of service 10 8 10 9 9 9 11 10 10 12 10

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Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2005