Table 40
| Number of victim officers killed
with firearms while wearing body armor and receiving torso wounds |
99 |
10 |
11 |
8 |
11 |
8 |
12 |
14 |
9 |
7 |
9 |
| Entered between side panels of vest |
11 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
| Entered through armhole or shoulder
area of vest |
37 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
| Entered above vest (front or back
of neck, collarbone area, etc.) |
13 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Entered below vest (abdominal or
lower back area) |
15 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Penetrated through vest (round more
powerful than vest's capabilities/specifications) |
19 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Penetrated through vest (body armor
failure) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Not reported |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- 1Because one victim in 2000 was wearing a front panel vest
and received a fatal firearm wound to the rear upper torso/back, the
point of entry breakdown does not add to the total.
- 2Because one victim in 2004 was wearing body armor that
was not penetrated but received a fatal wound to the front upper torso/chest
from blunt force trauma, the point of entry breakdown does not add to
the total.
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