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Table 62
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
State and Agency by Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 2004
State/Agency |
Total |
Automobile accidents |
Motorcycle accidents |
Aircraft accidents |
Struck by vehicles |
Accidental shootings |
Drownings |
Falls |
Other |
(Detail) |
Total
|
82 |
48 |
10 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
|
ALABAMA
|
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, Montgomery |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Covington County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mobile |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Prattville |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
ARIZONA
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Apache County |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Phoenix |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
U.S. Border Patrol, Tucson |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
CALIFORNIA
|
7 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Highway Patrol, San Bernardino |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kern County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Los Angeles County |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Oakland |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
San Bernardino County |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tuolumne County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Westminster |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
COLORADO
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Larimer County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
DELAWARE
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
State Police, Lewes |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
FLORIDA
|
8 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Brevard County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hendry County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Highway Patrol, Deland |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hillsborough County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
North Miami Beach |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ormond Beach |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
St. Johns County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
U.S. Secret Service, Tampa |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
GEORGIA
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Columbia County |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Henry County Police |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Richmond County |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
HAWAII
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Honolulu |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
National Park Service, Haleakala |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
(struck by rock) |
ILLINOIS
|
5 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Chicago |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Drug Enforcement Administration, Chicago |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Joliet |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Peoria |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Williamson County |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
INDIANA
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Newton County |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
(electrocution) |
Putnam County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
LOUISIANA
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
New Orleans |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
MARYLAND
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
State Police, College Park |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Transportation Authority Police, Baltimore |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
MICHIGAN
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Bloomfield Township |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Clinton County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Otsego County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
MINNESOTA
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, St. Paul |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
MISSISSIPPI
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Clarke County |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
MISSOURI
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Joplin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
(explosion) |
Riverview |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NEVADA
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Washoe County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NEW JERSEY
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
State Police, West Trenton |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NEW YORK
|
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Allegany County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
New York |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Schenectady |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Suffolk County Police |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Village of Patchogue Public Safety |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NORTH CAROLINA
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Franklin County |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tabor City |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
OHIO
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Columbus |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
PENNSYLVANIA
|
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Elk Lick Township |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lititz Borough |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Reading |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Upper Dublin Township |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
TENNESSEE
|
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Harriman |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Memphis |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nashville |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Shelby County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
TEXAS
|
13 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Austin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Beaumont |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Celeste |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Chambers County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Comanche County |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Department of Public Safety, Kerrville |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Grapevine |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Harris County Constable |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Houston |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Prairie View |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
River Oaks |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
U.S. Border Patrol, McAllen |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
WASHINGTON
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tacoma |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
WISCONSIN
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sheboygan County |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
U.S. TERRITORIES
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Puerto Rico |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Carolina |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Catano |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |