{"id":11875,"date":"2015-05-11T12:12:43","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T19:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=11875"},"modified":"2015-05-11T12:12:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T19:12:43","slug":"fbi-51-police-officers-killed-last-year-89-percent-increase-compared-to-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=11875","title":{"rendered":"FBI:  51 Police Officers Killed Last Year &#8211; 89 Percent Increase Compared to 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON D.C<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Police-Mourning-Badge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-11878\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Police-Mourning-Badge-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Police Mourning Badge\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Police-Mourning-Badge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Police-Mourning-Badge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Police-Mourning-Badge.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>FBI CRIME REPORT<\/strong> &#8211; An FBI report indicates that there were 51 police officers killed last year, an 89 percent increase compared to 2013, according to a report released Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, there were 27 law enforcement officers killed. These fatalities were the lowest during a 35-year period, the report shows<\/p>\n<p>From 1980 to 2014, an average of 64 law enforcement officers were killed every year, the FBI indicated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The FBI report indicates how the officers died while on duty:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eleven officers died from injuries inflicted as a result of answering disturbance calls (one of which was a domestic disturbance).<\/li>\n<li>Ten officers were conducting traffic pursuits or stops<\/li>\n<li>Eight were killed as a result of ambushes (six due to entrapment\/premeditated situations and two during unprovoked attacks)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Six officers were investigating suspicious persons or circumstances.<\/li>\n<li>Five officers sustained fatal injuries while they were performing investigative activities<\/li>\n<li>Four while they were engaged in tactical situations<\/li>\n<li>Three officers were handling persons with mental illness<\/li>\n<li>One officer was slain during a drug-related matter.<\/li>\n<li>Three officers were killed while attempting other arrests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By region, the report states that 17 officers died as a result of criminal acts that occurred in the South, 14 officers in the West, eight officers in the Midwest, eight in the Northeast, and four in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>Offenders used firearms in 46 of the 51 felonious deaths.<\/p>\n<p>These included 32 incidents with handguns, 11 incidents with rifles, and three incidents with shotguns. Four victim officers were killed with vehicles used as weapons, and one was killed with the offender\u2019s personal weapons, the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>Here are other facts released by this preliminary report:<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-five of the slain officers were confirmed to be wearing body armor at the times of the incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Five of the 51 officers killed fired their own weapons<\/p>\n<p>Six officers attempted to fire their service weapons<\/p>\n<p>Seven victim officers had their weapons stolen<\/p>\n<p>One officer was killed with his own weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The 51 victim officers died from injuries sustained in 48 separate incidents. All 48 of those incidents have been cleared by arrest.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">An additional 44 officers were accidentally killed in the line of duty in 2014. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">This total represents five officers fewer than the 49 officers who were accidentally killed in 2013. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The report indicates that 19 officers<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0died due to accidents in the South, 13 in the West, seven in the Northeast, four in the Midwest, and one in Puerto Rico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Twenty-eight of the officers died as a result of automobile accidents, six were in motorcycle accidents, and five were struck by vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the officers were killed from accidental shootings, one from drowning, one from blunt force trauma, and one died as a result of smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 28 officers who died due to automobile accidents, 15 officers were wearing seatbelts. 10 officers were not wearing seatbelts (six of whom were ejected from the vehicles), and seatbelt use was not reported for three of the officers who were killed due to automobile accidents.<\/p>\n<p>Final statistics will be available in the Uniform Crime Reporting Program\u2019s publication <em>Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2014<\/em>, which will be published on the FBI\u2019s website in the fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON D.C FBI CRIME REPORT &#8211; 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