Table 60

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
Population Group/Agency Type of Victim Officer's Agency by Type of Assignment, 1999–2008

Population group/agency type	Total	2-Officer vehicle	1-Officer vehicle		Foot patrol		Other¹		Off duty
Population group/agency type	Total	2-Officer vehicle	Alone	Assisted	Alone	Assisted	Alone	Assisted	Off duty
Number of victim officers	746	82	375	96	2	2	74	101	14
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	89	18	35	17	0	0	3	15	1
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999)	45	7	20	6	0	1	3	7	1
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999)	34	2	18	5	0	0	3	4	2
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999)	37	3	20	6	0	0	3	4	1
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999)	29	2	13	4	0	0	7	3	0
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	73	8	33	12	0	0	12	8	0
Metropolitan counties	162	13	83	22	0	0	14	24	6
Nonmetropolitan counties	82	5	52	6	0	0	9	9	1
State agencies	137	12	83	13	0	0	16	13	0
Federal agencies	39	6	14	3	2	1	4	8	1
Puerto Rico and Other Outlying Areas	19	6	4	2	0	0	0	6	1

¹Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.