Table 46

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Criminal History of Known Offender, 2000–2009

Criminal history		Total	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number of known offenders		584	66	74	63	58	61	56	57	66	42	41
Prior criminal arrest		476	50	54	52	47	49	53	42	60	36	33
Convicted on prior criminal charge		361	31	42	38	42	39	41	30	46	24	28
Received juvenile conviction on prior criminal charge		94	3	9	8	16	15	8	8	14	5	8
Received parole/probation on prior criminal charge		291	25	31	34	29	34	34	22	39	17	26
Prior arrest for	Crime of violence	253	27	24	22	28	30	25	25	32	17	23
	Murder	23	4	3	2	3	2	1	3	2	1	2
	Drug law violation	246	13	26	31	26	27	26	26	38	20	13
	Assaulting an officer/resisting arrest	122	6	16	7	19	15	12	11	20	7	9
	Weapons violation	214	22	23	21	17	25	21	24	29	14	18

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