The number of police and law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty jumped 55% from 2021 to 2020 – with the majority succumbing to COVID-19-related illness, statistics released Tuesday show ...

Last year marked the deadliest for line-of-duty police and law enforcement officers since 1930, with 458 officers dying in 2021. The startling preliminary statistic, released Tuesday by the National ...

COVID-19 was the leading cause of death, claiming the lives of 301 officers. A record number of law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 2021, according to a report from the ...

A wreath laying ceremony for fallen FPS officers on May 11, 2022, during National Police Week. (DHS Photo by Zachary Hupp) According to statistics reported to the FBI, 129 law enforcement officers ...

Last year was the deadliest for active-duty law enforcement in nearly a century, with COVID-19 identified as the leading cause of death for the second year in a row. Some 458 local, state, tribal and ...

The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the world’s largest organization of law enforcement officers, has counted 101 officers shot in the line of duty as of April 1, including 17 fatally, so ...