Officer Down Statistics For 2007
January 31, 2008 – 6:00 am
The Officer Down Memorial website was set up to honor our fallen brethren with an on-line memorial. They report that during the past year, there were 181 officers killed in the line of duty in the United States. The following list is how the numbers break down based on the type of function each officer was performing at the time of his or her death.
9/11 related illness: 7
Accidental: 3
Aircraft accident: 3
Animal related: 1
Automobile accident: 47
Boating accident: 1
Bomb: 5
Drowned: 3
Exposure to toxins: 1
Fall: 2
Gunfire: 64
Gunfire (Accidental): 4
Heart attack: 7
Heat exhaustion: 1
Motorcycle accident: 5
Struck by vehicle: 9
Vehicle pursuit: 6
Vehicular assault: 10
Weather/Natural disaster: 2
For additional statistical information check out the website.
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One Response to “Officer Down Statistics For 2007”
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By Calvin H on Feb 1, 2008