Table 47

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Disposition of Known Offender, 1996–2005

Disposition		1996–2000	2001–2005	1996–2005
Number of known offenders	Total	352	310	662
Fugitive	Total	0	4	4
Arrested and charged	Total	269	221	490
	Guilty of murder	188	140	328
	Received death sentence	43	46	89
	Received life imprisonment	110	73	183
	Received prison term (ranging from 5 years to 375 years)	35	21	56
	Guilty of lesser offense related to murder	30	26	56
	Guilty of crime other than murder	18	10	28
	Acquitted/dismissed/nolle prosequi	13	12	25
	Indeterminate charge and sentence	2	0	2
	Committed to psychiatric institution	8	6	14
	Case pending/disposition unknown	7	26	33
	Died in custody prior to sentencing	3	1	4
Not arrested	Total	83	85	168
	Justifiably killed	49	53	102
	Justifiably killed by victim officer	8	18	26
	Justifiably killed by person(s) other than victim officer	41	35	76
	Committed suicide	30	27	57
	Murdered while at large	0	0	0
	Died under other circumstance	4	5	9
	Other	0	0	0

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