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@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY2 MAY 2022The National Fraternal Order of Police reports that as of 1 May, there havebeen 123 officers shot in the line of duty so far in 2022 (+35% from 2021YTD; +38% from 2020 YTD). Of those officers shot, 19 of them were killedby gunfire.There have been 25 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officersthis year (+14% from 2021 YTD). These ambush-style attacks haveresulted in 39 officers shot, 6 of whom were killed by gunfire.The number of ambush-style attacks listed does not include thecountless incidents where an officer was shot at but not struck bygunfire during an ambush-style attack.123LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERSSHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY19LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERSKILLED BY GUNFIRE

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002OREGON 1MAINE 0ALABAMA 2PENNSYLVANIA 6MARYLAND 3ALASKA 1PUERTO RICO 1MASSACHUSETTS 0ARIZONA 14RHODE ISLAND 0MICHIGAN 4ARKANSAS 3SOUTH CAROLINA 1MINNESOTA 1CALIFORNIA 5SOUTH DAKOTA 0MISSISSIPPI 0COLORADO 0TENNESSEE 4MISSOURI 8CONNECTICUT 0TEXAS 10MONTANA 1DELAWARE 0UTAH 0NEBRASKA 0FLORIDA 4VERMONT 0NEVADA 2GEORGIA 7VIRGINIA 2NEW HAMPSHIRE 0HAWAII 0WASHINGTON 6NEW JERSEY 0IDAHO 0WASHINGTON, D.C. 1NEW MEXICO 5ILLINOIS 5WEST VIRGINIA 1NEW YORK 8INDIANA 2WISCONSIN 3NORTH CAROLINA 2IOWA 0WYOMING 1NORTH DAKOTA 0KANSAS 3AM. SAMOA 0OHIO 0KENTUCKY 3GUAM 0OKLAHOMA 4LOUISIANA 02019FULLYEAR2020FULLYEAR2021FULLYEAR2022YEAR TODATEFOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY2 MAY 2022

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002Every felonious attack on a law enforcement officer, especially by gunfire, isdisturbing regardless of the circumstances. Officers are always susceptible tolife-threatening attacks and therefore must always be vigilant and maintain thehighest level of situational awareness.In most cases, officers are able to quickly assess situations, recognize threats,and take adequate defensive actions. Tragically, not every threat can be seen ormitigated. Perhaps most troubling and worrisome are ambush-style and othercalculated attacks on law enforcement.Premeditated ambush-style attacks are particularly disturbing and pernicious.These types of attacks are carried out with an element of surprise and intendedto deprive officers of their ability to defend against the attack. Premeditatedattacks contribute to a worrisome desensitization to evil acts that were oncelargely considered taboo except by the most depraved individuals.In 2020, 49 percent of shooting incidents involved a discernible element ofpremeditation, which is a 7 percent increase over 2019. An "ambush-style attack" is definedas when an officer is struck bygunfire without any warning oropportunity to defend themselves.FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY2 MAY 2022

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002In October 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice released a report entitled:Ambushes of Police. The report detailed the number of ambush attacks onlaw enforcement officers from 1990-2013. In 2013 alone, there were between200 and 300 ambush attacks reported. The Executive Summary states:"…the proportion of fatal attacks on officers attributableto ambushes [is] increasing. Concerns about targetedviolence against police are on the rise, while officersmust not only be guardians of the public but also beprepared to respond to violence targeting them.""56 percent were not on a call or engaged in anyenforcement activity. Many of these officers weresimply eating, sitting on post, or in five cases, targetedand killed while at their home or on their way home."A December 2017 study by the Office of Community Oriented PolicingServices entitled Making It Safer, examined law enforcement officer fatalitiesfrom 2010-2016, including ambush attacks. The study found that 20% ofambushed officers were seated in their patrol cars and that:In May 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a reportentitled: The Assailant Study: Mindset and Behavior. The report identified adisturbing and growing trend of attackers who are motivated by a desire tokill a law enforcement officer. This motivation, the report concludes, is froma “singular narrative that portrays the officer as guilty in traditional andsocial media and the subject as the victim.”FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY2 MAY 2022

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002“While the overall number of officers who were feloniouslykilled was declining, the percentage of officers feloniouslykilled during surprise attacks was increasing.”In 2018, the Criminal Justice Information Services Division within the FBIreleased a report entitled Ambushes and Unprovoked Attacks: Assaults on OurNation’s Law Enforcement Officers. This comprehensive report concluded:VIEW THE 2020 YEAR-END SUMMARYThe Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S.Department of Justice recently published the 2020 Year-End Summary on LawEnforcement Officers Shot in the Line of Duty, which contains research conductedby staff with the National FOP's Government and Media Affairs Center (GMAC).In October of 2019, the National Fraternal Order of Police partnered with theNational Blue Alert Network to collect and analyze data on reported shootings oflaw enforcement officers nationwide. Using media monitoring software and generalresearch, staff with the National FOP's GMAC has tracked, collected, and analyzedpublicly available information to produce the 2020 Year-End Summary on officersshot and killed in the line of duty. The report contains data on law enforcementofficers shot in the line of duty, both fatally and non-fatally, for the expressedpurpose of better understanding the nature and frequency of incidents that couldgive rise to the issuance of a Blue Alert. The information in this monthly update reflects preliminary numbers and aresubject to change. The 2021 Year-End Summary will be published in early 2022.FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY2 MAY 2022

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002POLICE OFFICER DONALD SAHOTAVancouver Police Department, WashingtonEnd of Watch: Saturday, January 29, 2022POLICE OFFICER WILBERT MORANew York City Police Department, New YorkEnd of Watch: Tuesday, January 25, 2022CORPORAL CHARLES GALLOWAYHarris County Constable's Office - Precinct 5, TexasEnd of Watch: Sunday, January 23, 2022DETECTIVE JASON RIVERANew York City Police Department, New YorkEnd of Watch: Friday, January 21, 2022POLICE OFFICER II FERNANDO ARROYOSLos Angeles Police Department, CaliforniaEnd of Watch: Monday, January 10, 2022DEPUTY CONSTABLE NEIL ADAMSSan Jacinto County Constable's Office - Precinct 1, TexasEnd of Watch: Wednesday, February 23, 2022POLICE OFFICER JOHN PAINTERBridgewater College Police Department, VirginiaEnd of Watch: Tuesday, February 1, 2022FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY2 MAY 2022

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPSERGEANT JOSHUA CAUDELLArkansas Department of Corrections, ArkansasEnd of Watch: Monday, February 28, 2022DEPUTY SHERIFF DOMINIQUE CALATAPierce County Sheriff's Department, WashingtonEnd of Watch: Wednesday, March 16, 2022POLICE OFFICER CALEB D. OGILVIECovington Division of Police, VirginiaEnd of Watch: Monday, March 14, 2022POLICE OFFICER JAKE REEDJoplin Police Department, MissouriEnd of Watch: Friday, March 11, 2022CORPORAL BENJAMIN COOPERJoplin Police Department, MissouriEnd of Watch: Tuesday, March 8, 2022POLICE OFFICER DAVID GLEN EVANSSan Antonio Police Department, TexasEnd of Watch: Friday, February 25, 2022NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002POLICE OFFICER JORGE DAVID ALVARADO, JR.Salinas Police Department, CaliforniaEnd of Watch: Friday, February 25, 2022FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY2 MAY 2022

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPPOLICE OFFICER LANE BURNSBonne Terre Police Department, MissouriEnd of Watch: Thursday, March 17, 2022POLICE OFFICER DAN ROCHAEverett Police Department, WashingtonEnd of Watch: Friday, March 25, 2022LIEUTENANT WILLIAM D. LEBOLebanon City Police Department, PennsylvaniaEnd of Watch: Thursday, March 31, 2022DEPUTY DARREN ALMENDAREZHarris County Sheriff’s Office, TexasEnd of Watch: Thursday, March 31, 2022NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY2 MAY 2022POLICE OFFICER ANDREW BARRCayce Police Department, South CarolinaEnd of Watch: Sunday, April 24, 2022

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002On 29 January 2022, Vancouver Police (WA) Officer Donald Sahota wasinadvertently shot and killed by a Clark County Sheriff's Office deputy whileattempting to apprehend a robbery suspect who was trying to break into hishome. Deputies were responding to a robbery call when they set up spike stripsto disable the suspect's vehicle. However, the suspect exited the vehicle andfled the scene, soon finding a nearby home, which he attempted to enter. Thehomeowner was an off-duty officer and attempted to detain the suspect. Astruggle ensued, and the suspect stabbed the officer. Soon after deputiesarrived and, mistaking the officer for the suspect, opened fire and killed OfficerSahota. The suspect was taken into custody.FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY2 MAY 2022On 25 February 2022, Police Officer David Evans succumbed to complications ofgunshot wounds sustained on 3 January 2002.

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICETHE VOICE OF OUR NATION'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERSNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002The National Fraternal Order of Police is the world’s oldest and largestorganization of sworn law enforcement officers. We proudly representmore than 364,000 members from more than 2,100 lodges.We are the voice of those who dedicate their lives to protecting andserving our communities. We are committed to improving the workingconditions of law enforcement officers and the safety of those we servethrough education, legislation, information, community involvement andemployee representation. No one knows the dangers and the difficultiesfaced by today’s police officers better than another officer, and no oneknows police officers better than the FOP.Tim Richardson, Senior Legislative LiaisonMark McDonald, Legislative LiaisonMatt Brown, Legislative LiaisonDavid Taboh, Legislative LiaisonJim Pasco, Executive DirectorOffice Phonetrichardson@fop.netmmcdonald@fop.netmbrown@fop.netdtaboh@fop.netjpasco@fop.net(202) 547-8189328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE. NE, WASHINGTON, DC 20002FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY2 MAY 2022