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) |