(This report is based on material obtained by National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The FBI reported that 57 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year; 83 officers died in accidents while performing their official duties; and 59,201 officers suffered assaults while on duty. The 2007 edition of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted released yesterday provides comprehensive tabular data about these incidents and brief narratives describing the fatal felonious attacks.