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@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002MONTHLY UPDATE:LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHOTAND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 JUNE 2023JIM PASCOExecutive DirectorPATRICK YOESNational President

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 JUNE 2023+40%5447The National Fraternal Order of Police regrets to report that as of midnighton 31 May, there have been 166 officers shot in the line of duty so far in2023 (+30% from 2021 YTD; +40% from 2020 YTD). Of those officersshot, 20 of them were killed by gunfire (-23% from 2021 YTD; -13% from2020 YTD). There have been 47 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers thisyear. These ambush-style attacks have resulted in 54 officers shot, 9 ofwhom were killed by gunfire.The number of ambush-style attacks listed does not include the countless incidentswhere an officer was shot at but not struck by gunfire during an ambush-style attack.166LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERSSHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTYLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERSKILLED BY GUNFIRE20

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002OREGON 1MAINE 0ALABAMA 6PENNSYLVANIA 12MARYLAND 6ALASKA 0PUERTO RICO 0MASSACHUSETTS 0ARIZONA5RHODE ISLAND 0MICHIGAN 3ARKANSAS 0SOUTH CAROLINA 3MINNESOTA 7CALIFORNIA12SOUTH DAKOTA 0MISSISSIPPI 3COLORADO1TENNESSEE7MISSOURI 9CONNECTICUT 0TEXAS9MONTANA 2DELAWARE 0UTAH 2NEBRASKA 2FLORIDA 9VERMONT 1NEVADA 1GEORGIA 5VIRGINIA2NEW HAMPSHIRE 0HAWAII 0WASHINGTON 7NEW JERSEY3IDAHO 0WASHINGTON, D.C.0NEW MEXICO 4ILLINOIS 6WEST VIRGINIA 0NEW YORK 5INDIANA7WISCONSIN 6NORTH CAROLINA3IOWA 0WYOMING 1NORTH DAKOTA 0KANSAS 6AM. SAMOA 0OHIO 1KENTUCKY 4GUAM 0OKLAHOMA2LOUISIANA 3OFFICERS SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2023STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWNFOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 JUNE 20232023YEAR TO DATESHOT166KILLED202022FULL YEARSHOT331KILLED622021FULL YEARSHOT346KILLED642020FULL YEARSHOT312KILLED472019FULL YEARSHOT293KILLED502018FULL YEARSHOT237KILLED53

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002NATURE OF THE ATTACKSEvery felonious attack on a law enforcement officer, especially by gunfire, isdisturbing regardless of the circumstances. Officers are always susceptibleto life-threatening attacks and therefore must always be vigilant andmaintain the highest level of situational awareness.In most cases, officers are able to quickly assess situations, recognizethreats, and take adequate defensive actions. Tragically, not every threatcan be seen or mitigated. Perhaps most troubling and worrisome areambush-style and other calculated attacks on law enforcement.Premeditated ambush-style attacks are particularly disturbing andpernicious. These types of attacks are carried out with an element ofsurprise and intended to deprive officers of their ability to defend againstthe attack. Premeditated attacks contribute to a worrisome desensitizationto evil acts that were once largely considered taboo except by the mostdepraved individuals.AMBUSH-STYLE ATTACKAn "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 DUTY1 JUNE 2023

@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."THE GROWING CONCERN"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 DUTY1 JUNE 2023

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002THE GROWING CONCERN (CONTINUED)“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 2021 YEAR-END SUMMARYThe Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S.Department of Justice published the 2021 Year-End Summary on Law EnforcementOfficers Shot in the Line of Duty, which contains research conducted by staff withthe 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 2021 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.BACKGROUNDFOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 JUNE 2023

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE IN 2023FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 JUNE 2023POLICE OFFICER GONZALO CARRASCO, JR.Selma Police Department, CaliforniaEnd of Watch: Tuesday, January 31, 2023DEPUTY SHERIFF DARNELL CALHOUNRiverside County Sheriff's Department, CaliforniaEnd of Watch: Friday, January 13, 2023CHIEF OF POLICE JUSTIN MCINTIREBrackenridge Borough Police Department, PennsylvaniaEnd of Watch: Monday, January 2, 2023SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER D. FITZGERALDTemple University Police Department, PennsylvaniaEnd of Watch: Saturday, February 18, 2023POLICE OFFICER GEOFFREY REDDMemphis Police Department, TennesseeEnd of Watch: Saturday, February 18, 2023POLICE OFFICER PETER E. C. JERVINGMilwaukee Police Department, WisconsinEnd of Watch: Tuesday, February 7, 2023POLICE OFFICER SEAN L. SLUGANSKIMcKeesport Police Department, PennsylvaniaEnd of Watch: Monday, February 6, 2023

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 JUNE 2023POLICE OFFICER ANDRES M. VASQUEZ LASSOChicago Police Department, IllinoisEnd of Watch: Wednesday, March 1, 2023LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE IN 2023POLICE OFFICER GARRETT CRUMBYHuntsville Police Department, AlabamaEnd of Watch: Tuesday, March 28, 2023DETECTIVE SERGEANT MASON GRIFFITHHermann Police Department, MissouriEnd of Watch: Sunday, March 12, 2023RESERVE CORPORAL JOSEPH JOHNSONNyssa Police Department, OregonEnd of Watch: Saturday, April 15, 2023SENIOR POLICE OFFICER TREVOR ABNEYNew Orleans Police Department, LouisianaEnd of Watch: Sunday, April 9, 2023POLICE OFFICER EMILY ANN BREIDENBACHChetek Police Department, WisconsinEnd of Watch: Saturday, April 8, 2023POLICE OFFICER HUNTER TIMOTHY SCHEELCameron Police Department, WisconsinEnd of Watch: Saturday, April 8, 2023

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 JUNE 2023DEPUTY SHERIFF JOSH OWENPope County Sheriff's Office, MinnesotaEnd of Watch: Saturday, April 15, 2023LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE IN 2023DEPUTY SHERIFF CALEB CONLEYScott County Sheriff's Office, KentuckyEnd of Watch: Monday, May 22, 2023SERGEANT JOSHUA LEE CLOUSECameron Police Department, TexasEnd of Watch: Thursday, May 11, 2023POLICE OFFICER ROBERT SHISLERDeptford Township Police Department, New JerseyEnd of Watch: Sunday, May 7, 2023POLICE OFFICER ARÉANAH M. PRESTONChicago Police Department, IllinoisEnd of Watch: Saturday, May 6, 2023DEPUTY SHERIFF KAITIE LEISINGSt. Croix County Sheriff's Office, WisconsinEnd of Watch: Saturday, May 6, 2023

@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 JUNE 2023NATIONAL FOP LEGISLATIVE OFFICENATIONAL FOP LEGISLATIVE OFFICETHE STEVE YOUNG LAW ENFORCEMENTLEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY CENTERTHE STEVE YOUNG LAW ENFORCEMENTLEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY CENTERTim Richardson, Senior Legislative LiaisonMark McDonald, Legislative LiaisonDavid Taboh, Legislative LiaisonJim Pasco, Executive DirectorOffice Phonetrichardson@fop.netmmcdonald@fop.netdtaboh@fop.netjpasco@fop.net(202) 547-8189Asa Render, Legislative Liaisonarender@fop.netWe are the voice of those who dedicate their lives to protectingand serving our communities. We are committed to improvingthe working conditions of law enforcement officers and thesafety of those we serve through education, legislation,information, community involvement and employeerepresentation. No one knows the dangers and the difficultiesfaced by today’s police officers better than another officer, andno one knows police officers better than the FOP.The National Fraternal Order of Police is theworld’s oldest and largest organization ofsworn law enforcement officers. We proudlyrepresent more than 367,000 membersfrom more than 2,100 lodges.