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NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
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FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
2 DECEMBER 2024
-8%
75
57
The National Fraternal Order of Police regrets to report that as of midnight on
30 November, there have been 322 officers shot in the line of duty so far in
2024 (-8% from 2023 YTD; +6% from 2022 YTD). Of those officers shot, 46 of
them were killed (+9% from 2023 YTD; -17% from 2022 YTD). The year with
the highest number of officers shot through this date was 2023, when 350
officers were shot through the first eleven months of that year.
There have been 57 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers this
year. These ambush-style attacks have resulted in 75 officers shot, 17 of whom
were killed.
The number of ambush-style attacks listed does not include the countless incidents where
an officer was shot at but not struck by gunfire during an ambush-style attack.
322
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
KILLED BY GUNFIRE
46