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law enforcement service was nearly 12 years and on average each officer left The Chicago Police
behind 2 children. Department has 480
officers on the National
The statistics released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund are preliminary data and do not represent a final Law Enforcement Officers
or complete list of individual officers who will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial for 2010. Memorial.
Law Enforcement Officer Deaths: Preliminary 2010 Report
Overall, officer fatalities have steadily declined over the decades. But
since the 1960s traffic fatalities have steadily increased almost every
decade. The 1960s averaged 59 deaths, but fatalities have increased
22 percent, averaging 72 from 2000-2009.
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Law Enforcement Officer Deaths: Preliminary 2010 Report
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Law Enforcement Officer Deaths: Preliminary 2010 Report
Traffic and firearm fatalities accounted for Beating 2 Border Patrol Agent Michael Gallagher
132 deaths, 83 percent of all fatalities this EOW: 9/2/2010
year. Nineteen officers died of job-related Drowned 2 Border Patrol Agent Gallagher was killed when
his patrol truck collided with an oncoming
illnesses. Aircraft Accident 2 vehicle, causing his truck to overturn. The
Nine officers died of other causes–beating, Officer Fell to His/Her Death 2 driver of the vehicle was under the influence
of alcohol at the time of the accident.
drowning, aircraft accidents, falls, and Boating Accident 1
boating accidents. Officer John Zykas
EOW: 9/8/2010
Officer Zykas suffered a fatal heart attack
while participating in a departmental training
Demographic Profile: exercise at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. He
was transported to a local hospital where
Race/Ethnicity Gender he underwent major surgery, remaining
hospitalized for six days, when he succumbed
Caucasian 106 Female 6 to his injuries.
African American 18 Male 154
Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
Hispanic 14 EOW: 12/15/2010
Native American 2 Average Age 41 Border Patrol Agent Terry was shot and killed
while attempting to apprehend a group of
Asian American 2 armed subjects. He was transported to a
Other 2 Average Years of Service 12 hospital where he succumbed to his wounds
early the following morning.
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