List of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in the United States

This is a list of U.S. law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Summaries of the overall casualty figures, by year, are also provided.

Overview by year According to the FBI, which publishes the data in the Uniform Crime Reports, from 1980 to 2014, an average of 64 law enforcement officers who were killed in felonious acts per year. Those killed in accidents in the line of duty are not included in that number.

2010 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 181 deaths in the line of duty. The average from 1990 to 2010 was 164 per year. 2011 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 191 deaths in the line of duty. The FBI reported that in 2011, "69 law enforcement officers from around the nation were killed in the line of duty, while another 53 officers died in accidents while performing their duties." (released November 19, 2012) NBC News reported 165 dead. 2012 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 145 deaths in the line of duty. For 2012, the FBI records 49 deaths in the line of duty. The FBI Fund counted 49 federal, state and local officers to have been killed in 2012. 2013 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 137 deaths in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 102 federal, state and local officers to have been killed in 2012. The official count from the FBI is that 27 law enforcement officers were 'feloniously' killed in the line of duty in 2013 (the lowest in a 35-year period 1980–2014), and an additional 49 died in accidents (total: 76). 2014 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 165 deaths in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 126 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. The preliminary count from the FBI is that 51 law enforcement officers were 'feloniously' killed in the line of duty in 2014, and an additional 44 died in accidents (total: 95). 2015 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 168 deaths in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 124 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. Forty-two officers were shot and killed and 52 officers were killed in traffic-related incidents. 2016 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 182 deaths in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 135 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. Sixty-four officers were shot and killed and 21 were ambushed. 2017 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 190 deaths in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 128 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. Fatalities decreased more than 10 percent with traffic-related fatalities the leading cause this year. Firearms-related fatalities were the second-leading cause of officer deaths, with 44 officers shot and killed in 2017. This represents a 33 percent decrease from the 66 officers killed in firearm-related incidents during 2016. 2018 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 192 deaths in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 144 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. The FBI, however, reported 106 deaths in the line of duty. Firearms-related fatalities were the leading cause of officer deaths for the year. 2019 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 172 deaths in the line of duty. The leading cause of death for 2019 was gunfire at 49 deaths followed by 9/11-related cancers at 24 deaths. The state with the highest number of line-of-duty deaths was New York with 25 followed by Texas with 18. 2020 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 461 deaths in the line of duty. The leading cause of death for 2020 was COVID-19 at 281 deaths followed by gunfire at 46 deaths and 9/11-related cancers with 35 deaths. The state with the largest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 78 followed by New York with 43. 2021 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 725 deaths in the line of duty. The leading cause of death for 2021 was COVID-19 at 454 deaths followed by gunfire at 64 deaths. Fifty-eight officers died in vehicle-related deaths (vehicular homicide, struck by vehicle while on-duty, automobile crash during pursuit). The state with the highest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 107 followed by Florida with 60. 2022 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 284 deaths in the line of duty. The leading cause of death for 2022 was COVID-19 at 74 deaths followed by gunfire at 60 deaths. The state with the highest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 32. 2023 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 167 deaths in the line of duty. 2024 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 167 deaths in the line of duty. 2025 The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 104 deaths in the line of duty, including West Virginia National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom, who was participating in the deployment of federal law enforcement and National Guard forces to Washington, D.C. when she was shot on November 26 and died a day later.

Lists of officers killed

This list does not include deaths due to the September 11 attacks, unless the officers were notable people. All law enforcement officers listed here were either notable people, or died as a result of notable events.

1940s and earlier Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death Darius Quimby Albany County Constable's Office Albany County New York Stabbing Rodney Badger Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office Salt Lake County Utah Drowned William J. Brady Lincoln County Sheriff's Department Lincoln New Mexico GunfireEdwards, Daniel A., "Billy the Kid - An Autobiography", chapter 2.Utley, Robert M., Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life, chapters 15–17. Fred White Tombstone Marshal's Office Tombstone Arizona Gunfire (Accidental) Mathias Degan Chicago Police Department Chicago Illinois Bombing (Haymarket affair) George Muller Gunfire (Haymarket affair) John Barrett Timothy Flavin Bombing (Haymarket affair) Michael Sheehan Gunfire (Haymarket affair) Nels Hansen Bombing (Haymarket affair) Thomas Redden Gunfire; bombing (Haymarket affair) Timothy Sullivan Gunfire (Haymarket affair; long-term injuries) David Hennessy New Orleans Police Department New Orleans Louisiana Gunfire Richard Speed United States Marshals Service Ingalls Oklahoma Gunfire (Battle of Ingalls) Thomas Hueston Lafayette Shadley Bob Wallace Colbert County Sheriff's Office Tuscumbia Alabama Gunfire (Will Reynolds) Pat Prout James Payne William Gassaway Charles Gassaway Jesse Davis Guy Bradley Monroe County Sheriff's Office Flamingo Florida Gunfire Harry Minto Oregon Department of Corrections Marion County Oregon Gunfire Joseph Leyden Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department Jersey City New Jersey Explosion (Sabotage; Black Tom explosion) James Doherty Jersey City Police DepartmentJefferson BeardSnohomish County Sheriff's OfficeEverettWashingtonGunfire (Everett massacre)Charles Curtiss Robert H. Holmes New York City Police Department New York City New York Gunfire Paul Weiler Milwaukee Police Department Milwaukee Wisconsin Bombing (Milwaukee Police Department bombing) Al Templin Stephen Stecker Edward Spindler Charles Seehawer David O'Brien Fred Kaiser Henry Deckert Frank Caswin George Duling West Virginia State Police Logan County West Virginia Gunfire (Accidental; Battle of Blair Mountain) George Munzy Logan County Sheriff's Office Gunfire (Battle of Blair Mountain) John Gore John Caffago Charles Linton Federal Reserve Police Denver Colorado Gunfire (Denver Mint robbery) Harry C. Beasley Newark Police Department Newark Ohio Gunfire Tony Oliver Springfield Police Department Republic Missouri Gunfire (Young Brothers massacre) Albert Meadows Wiley Marshburn Greene County Sheriff's Office Charles Houser Springfield Police Department Marcell Hendrix Greene County Sheriff's Office Ollie Crosswhite Orin Reed McAlester Police Department Kansas City Gunfire (Kansas City massacre) Frank Hermanson Kansas City Police Department William Grooms Raymond Caffrey Federal Bureau of Investigation Fred Beell Marshfield Police Department Marshfield Wisconsin Gunfire Herman Hollis Federal Bureau of Investigation Barrington Illinois Gunfire (The Battle of Barrington) Samuel P. Cowley Oran Pape Iowa State Patrol Muscatine County Iowa Gunfire Humphrey See New York Central Railroad Police Department Little Falls New York Train accident (Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940) Frederick Ferdinand Moore Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Los Angeles California Gunfire Frank Chaffin United States Immigration and Naturalization Service San Benito County California Aircraft accident (1948 Los Gatos DC-3 crash)November 6, 1948Ellery PurnsleyChester City Police DepartmentChesterPennsylvaniaGunfire (Market Street Massacre)

1950s Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death Ramon Villanueva-Moro Puerto Rico Police Bureau Puerto Rico Gunfire (Jayuya Uprising) Ramon Robles-Castillo Dionisio Rivera-Yolistruck Luis Rivera-Cardona Aurelio Miranda-Rivera Jesus Feliciano-Rivera Virgilio Camacho-Reyes Leslie Coffelt White House Police Force Washington District of Columbia Gunfire Oliver Williamson Tennessee Highway Patrol Haywood County Tennessee Tornado (Tornado outbreak of March 21–22, 1952) Joseph Brock Federal Bureau of Investigation New York City New York Gunfire (Gerhard Puff) Eugene Smith Air Force Office of Special Investigations Chugach Census Area Alaska Aircraft accident (1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash) Daniel O'Brien Rhode Island State Police South Kingstown Rhode Island Drowned (Hurricane Carol) Charles Yodkins Farmington Police Department Farmington Connecticut Drowned (Hurricane Diane) Billie Ellis Princeton Township Police Department Princeton New Jersey John Talley Sutter County Sheriff's Office Yuba City California Drowned (1955 Yuba–Sutter floods) Charles BlackburnJanuary 5, 1956Harold PearceBuchanan County Sheriff's OfficeIndependenceIowaGunfire (Warren John Nutter) Lyons Kelliher Chicago Police Department Chicago Illinois Gunfire

1960s Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death J. D. Tippit Dallas Police Department Dallas Texas Gunfire David Rogers Washington Parish Sheriff's Office Varnado Louisiana Gunfire (Murder of Oneal Moore) Oneal Moore Coley McDonough Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Gunfire Ronald Ludlow Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Los Angeles California Gunfire (Watts riots) Terry Anderson Federal Bureau of Investigation Huntingdon County Pennsylvania Gunfire (Kidnapping of Peggy Ann Bradnick) Billy Speed Austin Police Department Austin Texas Gunfire (University of Texas tower shooting) Theodore Newton Jr. United States Border Patrol Riverside County California Gunfire (Murders of Theodore L. Newton Jr. and George F. Azrak) George Azrak Frederick Toto Newark Police Department Newark New Jersey Gunfire (1967 Newark riots) John Gleason Plainfield Police Department Plainfield Unarmed assault (1967 Plainfield riots) Jerome Olshove Detroit Police Department Detroit Michigan Gunfire (Friendly fire; 1967 Detroit riot) Bryan Moschea Milwaukee Police Department Milwaukee Wisconsin Gunfire (1967 Milwaukee riot) Thomas Johnson Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Nashville Tennessee Gunfire (Charles Lee Herron) Charles Thomasson Willard Wolff Cleveland Division of Police Cleveland Ohio Gunfire (Glenville shootout) Leroy Jones Louis Golonka Edwin Woodriffe Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington District of Columbia Gunfire (Murders of Anthony Palmisano and Edwin R. Woodriffe) Anthony Palmisano Henry Schaad York City Police Department York Pennsylvania Gunfire (1969 York race riot)

1970s