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Message @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 APRIL 2025JIM 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 APRIL 2025-17%2017The National Fraternal Order of Police regrets to report that as of midnight on31 March, there have been 84 officers shot in the line of duty in 2025 (-17%from 2024 YTD; -13% from 2023 YTD). Of those officers shot, 10 of them werekilled (+0% from 2024 YTD; -10% from 2023 YTD). The year with the highestnumber of officers shot through this date was 2024 and 2022, when 101officers were shot through the first three months of those years.There have been 17 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers this year.These ambush-style attacks have resulted in 20 officers shot, 5 of whom werekilled.The number of ambush-style attacks listed does not include the countless incidents wherean officer was shot at but not struck by gunfire during an ambush-style attack.84LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERSSHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTYLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERSKILLED BY GUNFIRE10
@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002OREGON050000313017030100MAINE110102000112113011ALABAMA211047303410030033PENNSYLVANIAMARYLANDALASKAPUERTO RICOMASSACHUSETTSARIZONARHODE ISLANDMICHIGANARKANSASSOUTH CAROLINAMINNESOTACALIFORNIASOUTH DAKOTAMISSISSIPPICOLORADOTENNESSEEMISSOURICONNECTICUTTEXASMONTANADELAWAREUTAHNEBRASKAFLORIDAVERMONTNEVADAGEORGIAVIRGINIANEW HAMPSHIREHAWAIIWASHINGTONNEW JERSEYIDAHOWASHINGTON, D.C.NEW MEXICOILLINOISWEST VIRGINIANEW YORKINDIANAWISCONSINNORTH CAROLINAIOWAWYOMINGNORTH DAKOTAKANSASU.S. VIRGIN ISLANDSOHIOKENTUCKYGUAM 0OKLAHOMALOUISIANAOFFICERS SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2025STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWNFOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 APRIL 20252024FULL YEARSHOT342KILLED502023FULL YEARSHOT378KILLED462022FULL YEARSHOT331KILLED622021FULL YEARSHOT346KILLED642020FULL YEARSHOT312KILLED472025YEAR TO DATESHOT84KILLED10
@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 are intended to deprive officers of their ability to defendagainst the attack. Premeditated attacks contribute to a worrisomedesensitization to evil acts that were once largely considered taboo exceptby the most depraved 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 APRIL 2025
@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002In October 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice released a report entitledAmbushes 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 APRIL 2025
@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 2023 YEAR-END SUMMARYThe Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S.Department of Justice published the 2023 Year-End Summary on Law EnforcementOfficers Shot in the Line of Duty, which contains research conducted by staff withthe National FOP's Legislative Office.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 Legislative Office has tracked, collected,and analyzed publicly available information to produce the 2023 Year-End Summaryon officers shot and killed in the line of duty. The report contains data on lawenforcement officers shot in the line of duty, both fatally and non-fatally, for theexpressed purpose of better understanding the nature and frequency of incidentsthat could give rise to the issuance of a Blue Alert. The information in this monthly update reflects preliminary numbers and is subjectto change.BACKGROUNDFOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 APRIL 2025
@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPBORDER PATROL AGENT DAVID CHRISTOPHER MALAND United States Border Patrol, U.S. GovernmentEnd of Watch: Monday, January 20, 2025DEPUTY SHERIFF JESUS VARGASBrazoria County Sheriff's Office, TexasEnd of Watch: Wednesday, January 15, 2025OFFICER JASON ROSCOWNorth Las Vegas Police Department, NVEnd of Watch: Tuesday, February 4, 2025OFFICER JEREMY R. LABONTE Roswell Police Department, GAEnd of Watch: Friday, February 7, 2025PATROLMAN ANDREW WILLIAM DUARTE West York Borough Police Department, PAEnd of Watch: Saturday, February 22, 2025NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE IN 2025FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 APRIL 2025POLICE OFFICER CAMERON ROBERT GIRVINVirginia Beach Police Department, VAEnd of Watch: Saturday, February 22, 2025
DEPUTY SERGEANT MARTIN SHIELDS, JR.Hinds County Sheriff's Office, MSEnd of Watch: Sunday, February 23, 2025POLICE OFFICER CHRISTOPHER M. L. REESEVirginia Beach Police Department, VAEnd of Watch: Saturday, February 22, 2025SERGEANT JOSEPH ANTHONY AZCONA Newark Police Division, NJEnd of Watch: Saturday, March 8, 2025POLICE OFFICER OSMAR RODARTEMarysville Police Department, CAEnd of Watch: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOPNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE328 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002FOP MONTHLY UPDATE: OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY1 APRIL 2025NATIONAL FOP LEGISLATIVE OFFICENATIONAL FOP LEGISLATIVE OFFICETHE STEVE YOUNG LAW ENFORCEMENTLEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY CENTERTHE STEVE YOUNG LAW ENFORCEMENTLEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY CENTERTim Richardson, Senior Legislative LiaisonDavid Taboh, Legislative LiaisonJim Pasco, Executive DirectorOffice Phonetrichardson@fop.netdtaboh@fop.netjpasco@fop.net(202) 547-8189We 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 377,000 membersfrom more than 2,200 lodges.Benjamin Stokes, Legislative Liaisonbstokes@fop.netLaura Gormally, Legislative Liaisonlgormally@fop.net