Table 46

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Criminal History of Known Offender, 1998–2007

Criminal history		Total	1998	1999	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of known offenders		624	82	49	66	74	63	58	59	56	55	62
Prior criminal arrest		509	67	39	50	54	52	47	47	53	42	58
Convicted on prior criminal charge		375	39	30	31	42	38	42	37	41	30	45
Received juvenile conviction on prior criminal charge		101	12	8	3	9	8	16	15	8	8	14
Received parole/probation on prior criminal charge		298	29	23	25	31	34	29	32	34	22	39
Prior arrest for	Crime of violence	261	32	20	27	24	22	28	28	25	25	30
	Murder	26	6	0	4	3	2	3	2	1	3	2
	Drug law violation	261	32	18	13	26	31	26	26	26	26	37
	Assaulting an officer/resisting arrest	127	9	14	6	16	7	19	14	12	11	19
	Weapons violation	224	27	18	22	23	21	17	23	21	24	28

¹The 14 known offenders involved in the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.