FBI Releases Preliminary 2015 Report on Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty

 45 officers were killed in 2015 in line-of-duty accidents, which include officer deaths that are found not to be willful and intentional. This is by far the most suspect of the statistics  and can be manipulated at will.

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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA -  According to preliminary statistics released today by the FBI, 41 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 2015,  a decrease of close to 20 percent when compared with the 51 officers killed in 2014.

The Final statistics and complete details will not be available until this fall, so for now, all we have to go by is the preliminary analysis by the FBI

that show:

Officers Killed on the Line of Duty

• Eight officers were investigating suspicious persons/circumstances; seven were engaged in tactical situations
• Six  officers were conducting traffic pursuits/stops
• Four were killed as a result of ambushes (entrapment/premeditation)
• Three  officers were killed as a result of unprovoked attacks
•  Three died from injuries inflicted while answering disturbance calls (all three being domestic disturbance calls)
• Three officers were killed while answering robbery in progress calls or pursuing robbery suspects
• Two  were handling, transporting, or maintaining custody of prisoners
• Two  officers were handling persons with mental illness
• One sustained fatal injuries while performing an investigative activity; one was answering a burglary in progress call or pursuing a burglary suspect; and
• One officer was killed while attempting other arrest.

Conditions of Officers Killed on the Line of Duty

• Thirty of the 41 killed officers were confirmed to be wearing body armor at the times of the incidents.
• Six of the 41 slain officers fired their own weapons, and
• Six officers attempted to fire their service weapons.
• Three victim officers had their weapons stolen;
• Three officers were killed with their own weapons.

Forty-one victim officers died from injuries sustained in 38 separate incidents. Thirty-six of those incidents have been cleared by arrest or exceptional means.

Additional Officers Killed in Line of Duty

An additional 45 officers were killed in 2015 in line-of-duty accidents, which include officer deaths that are found not to be willful and intentional. This total is the same number of officers who were accidentally killed in 2014. This is by far the most suspect of the statistics , and can be manipulated at will.

Twenty-nine of the officers died as a result of automobile accidents, seven were struck by vehicles, and four were fatally injured due to motorcycle accidents. Two of the 45 officers were killed from accidental shootings, one from an aircraft accident, one due to a fall, and one from an all-terrain vehicle accident.

Of the 29 officers who died due to automobile accidents, 18 officers were wearing seatbelts. Eight officers were not wearing seatbelts (four of whom were ejected from the vehicles), and seatbelt use was not reported for three of the officers who were killed due to automobile accidents.

Arms used in 41 felonious deaths

Offenders used firearms in 38 of the 41 felonious deaths. These included 29 incidents with handguns, seven incidents with rifles, one incident with a shotgun, and one incident in which the firearm type was not reported. Three victim officers were killed with vehicles used as weapons.