Table 11

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Race and Sex of Victim Officer, 1997-2006

Victim officer		Total	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of victim officers		562	70	61	42	51	70	56	52	57	55	48
Race	White	472	57	53	37	40	62	51	41	46	47	38
	Black	75	11	7	3	11	8	4	8	10	8	5
	Asian/Pacific Islander	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Not reported	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Sex	Male	532	70	55	39	50	67	48	50	54	54	45
Sex	Female	30	0	6	3	1	3	8	2	3	1	3

¹ The 72 deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.