Table 16

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency by Type of Assignment, 1998–2007
Population group Total 2-Officer
vehicle
1-Officer vehicle Foot patrol Other1 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 549 56 163 141 5 3 32 99 50
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 105 24 16 21 0 0 5 30 9
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 50 3 10 21 0 0 1 7 8
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 26 0 13 8 0 0 1 3 1
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) 23 0 8 9 0 0 1 4 1
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) 36 2 10 11 1 0 4 6 2
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 70 6 29 18 2 0 3 7 5
Metropolitan counties 97 7 27 32 0 0 6 15 10
Nonmetropolitan counties 62 3 28 14 0 0 3 14 0
State 42 4 22 5 0 0 4 5 2
Federal 13 2 0 2 2 1 3 2 1
Puerto Rico and Other Outlying
Areas
25 5 0 0 0 2 1 6 11

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