More US Police Officers Die On Duty This Year Than Before
LAPPL News Watch
December 28, 2018
More police officers have died in the line of duty this year in the United States than in 2017, according to data released Thursday.
The most common cause of death was gunfire, and vehicular accidents claimed nearly as many officers' lives.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund said in a report that 144 federal, state and local officers have died so far in 2018. That figure represents roughly a 12 percent increase from the 129 who died in 2017.
The majority of the officers who died were either shot — 52 this year, up from 46 in 2017 — or fatally injured in car or motorcycle crashes, which accounted for 50 deaths.
Other fatalities involved heart attacks, strokes, drownings and cancer and other illnesses among those who responded to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack.
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