Policias Muertos 2011 EOY Report

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Law Enforcement Officer Deaths: Preliminary 2011

Research Bulletin

Firearms-related Incidents are the Leading

Cause o Ofcer Fatalities in 2011Total Law Enorcement Fatalities Rise to 173 Ofcers Killed in 2011

AccordingtopreliminarydataromtheNational

LawEnorcementOfcersMemorialFund,173ofcershavebeenkilledduring2011up13percentrom153line-o-dutydeathsin2010.

Forthersttimein14years,moreofcersdiedromrearms-relatedincidentsthantrafc-

relatedincidents.Sixty-eightofcerswereshotandkilledin2011,up15percentrom2010when59ofcersdiedromgunre.Thenumberoofcerskilledbyrearmshasnowrisenduringeachothepastthreeyears.

Trafc-relatedincidentsclaimedtheliveso64ofcersthisyear,a10percentdecreaserom2010when71ofcersdiedontheroadway.Thisyear,44ofcerswerekilledinautomobilecrashes,11ofcerswerestruckandkilled,sevenwerekilledinmotorcyclecrashes,andtwoofcerswerekilledbytrainwhileintheirautomobile.

Floridaledthenationwith14atalities,closelyollowedbyTexas(13),NewYork(11),Caliornia(10)andGeorgia(10).Thirty-threepercentoallofceratalitiesoccurredinthesevestates.TheNewYorkCityPoliceDepartmentandPuertoRicoPoliceDepartmentbothlostourofcersthemostofcersoanyagencyin2011.

Inadditiontorearmandtrafc-relateddeaths,41ofcersdiedduetoothercausesincludingphysical-relatedincidents,whichaccountedor27ofceratalities.Physical-relatedincidentsincludeheartattacksandotherillnesses,whichareurtherexplainedonpageourothisbulletin.

A Closer Look: Chies & Sheri

The data and statistics contained in this report are preliminary and do not represent a nal or complete list o individual ofcerswho will be added to the National Law Enorcement Ofcers Memorial in 2012.

Total Fatalities: 1961-2011

Chie Ralph

Painter

Rainer (OR) Police

Department

ChieoPolice

Painterwasshot

andkilledrespondingtoareport

oanautothetinprogress.Upon

arrivingatthescene,thesuspectattackedChiePainterandtook

thegunromhisdutybelt.The

suspectshotChiePainterwho

wastransportedtoahospitaland

pronounceddead.

Chie Jerry Hicks

Leadwood (MO)

Police Department

ChieoPoliceHic

diedasaresulto

injuriessustained

inasingle-vehicle

crashwhenhispatrolvehicleslidonapatchoice

andstruckatree.

Chie Capers

Wannamaker, Jr.

St. Matthews (SC)

Police Department

ChieWannamaker

lostcontrolohis

patrolvehicleona

curvedpartotheroadwaywhich

causedthevehicletoveeroo

theroadandstrikeatree.Chie

Wannamakerdiedatthescene.

Sheri James

Stewart

Spalding County

(GA) Sheris

Department

SheriStewart

wasonroutine

patrolwhenheattemptedtocross

anintersectionandcollidedwith

avehicletravelingintheopposite

direction.SheriStewartwasairlite

toahospitalwhereheremainedun

hisdeath10dayslater.


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In2011,morelawenorcementofcersdiedinrearms-relatedincidentsthananyothercauseorthersttimein14years.Sixty-eightofcerswereshotandkilled,a15percent

increaserom2010when59ofcerswereshot.

Therehavebeen4,162lawenorcementofceratalitiesduetorearms-relatedincidentsinthelast50years.Thedeadliestyearwas1973when156ofcerswereshotandkilled.

Sincethe1970s,rearms-relatedincidentshavedecreased,reachinga50yearlowin2008when40ofcerswereshotandkilled.

However,rearms-relatedatalitieshaveincreased70percentrom2008to2011.Thisyearstotalalsorepresentsa19percentincreaseromthedecadeaverageo57atalitiesrom2001-2010.

Othe19,298ofcerskilledintheline-o-dutyromtherstknownatalityin1791until2010,therehavebeen10,876ofcersshotandkilled56percentoallline-o-dutydeathsinthenation.

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LawEnorcementOicerDeaths:Preliminary2011Repor

Firearms-related Fatalities: 2011

Firearms-related Fatalities: 1961-2011

Circumstances o Fatal Shootings: 2011

Average Firearms-related Incidents Per Decade

Othe68ofcerskilledbygunrethisyear,14ofcersdiedwhileattemptingtoarrestsuspects.Nineofcerseachdiedrespondingtodomesticdisturbancecallsorwhileinvestigatingsuspiciouspersonsandcircumstances.

Otherofcerswereshotwhilehandlingmentallyderangedpersons(2),tactical/hostage/barricadedoendersituations(2),handling/transportingandcustodyoprisoners(2)andintrafcpursuits(1).

Fourmultiple-atality,cluster-killingincidents(whentwoormoreofcerswereshotandkilled)occurredin2011twoinFlorida(St.PetersburgandMiami-Dade),oneincidentinGrundy,VAandoneincidentinRapidCity,SD.


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Forty-onestateslostanofcerin2011.Floridalost14ofcers,thehighesttotaloallstates.Texas(13),NewYork(11),Caliornia(10)andGeorgia(10)roundoutthetopvestates.TenFederalofcersandourofcersromU.S.territorieswerekilled.

The10Federalofcerswereromtheollowingagencies:FederalBureauoInvestigation,FederalBureauoPrisons,U.S.CustomsandBorderProtection,U.S.DepartmentoHomelandSecurity,U.S.Dept.otheInterior,NationalParkService,U.S.MarshalsServiceandU.S.ParkPolice.

Geographic Distribution o Ofcer Fatalities: 2011

Stateswithourormoreatalities

Stateswithatleastoneatality

Trafc-related Fatalities: 2011Forthersttimein14years,trafc-relatedatalitieswerelowerthanrearms-relatedatalities,with64ofcerskilledin2011a10percentdecreaserom2010when71ofcerswerekilled.Thistied2005orthesecond-lowestnumberoofcerskilledontheroadwayinthe

last15years.Forty-ourofcerswerekilledinautomobilecrashes,11werestruckandkilled,sevenwerekilledinmotorcyclecrashesandtwowerestruckandkilledbyatrainwhileinanautomobile.

Autocrashesdecreased12percentrom50to44.Ofcersstruckandkilleddecreased21percent,rom14ofcersin2010to11thisyear.

Despitethedecreaseinofcerskilledintrafc-relatedincidentsthisyear,theoveralltrendhascontinuedtorisesincethe1960s,whichaveraged60ofceratalitiesontheroadwayeachyear.Theaverageinthe2000swas72ofceratalitiesduetotrafc-relatedincidentsa20percentincreaseoverthepasttyyears.

Thedeadliestyearorlawenorcementofcersontheroadremains2007when85ofcersdiedintrafc-relatedincidents.


Trafc-related Fatalities:1961-2011

Average Trafc Fatalities per Decade: 1961-2011

Stateswithnoatalities


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Demographic Profle:

Other Causes o Ofcer Deaths: 2011 A Closer Look: Physical-related Incidents

Physical-relatedincidentswerethethirdhighestleadingcauseoofceratalitiesin2011,with27ofceratalities,uprom14atalitiesin2010a93percentincrease.Thisincludesotherillnesses(13),heartattacks(12)andofcerssuccumbingtoinjuriessustainedinyearsprior(2).

Othercausesoofceratalitiesinclude:aircrataccidents,beatings,bomb-relatedincidents,beingcrushed,drowning,electrocution,alls,stabbingsandstrangulations.

Jurisdiction


Rank

PoliceOfcer

DeputySheri

Sergeant

Trooper

Patrolman

CorrectionalOfcer

Detective

Agent

Captain

Chie

Corporal

Total Fatalities

59

27

14

10

7

6

6

4

4

3

3

Rank

SeniorPoliceOfcer

BorderPatrolAgent

DeputyMarshal

Lieutenant

ParkRanger

ReserveDeputySheri

SpecialAgent

Constable

DetectiveCorporal

DistrictAdministrator

GameWardenPilot

Total Fatalities

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Race/Ethnicity

Caucasian

AricanAmerican

Hispanic

NativeAmerican

AsianAmerican

Unknown

Gender

Female

Male

AverageAge

AverageYearsoService

136

16

17

1

1

2

11162

41

13

MunicipalOfcers

CountyOfcers

StateOfcers

FederalOfcers

TerritorialOfcers

9145

23

10

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ThisResearchBulletinwasproducedby

theNationalLawEnorcementOfcers

MemorialFund,inconjunctionwith

ConcernsoPoliceSurvivors.

Rank

Investigator

MasterPatrolman

MasterPublicSaetyOfcer

Ofcer

ParoleOfcer

PatrolOfcer

ProbationOfcer

PublicSaetyOfcer

SeniorOfcerSpecialist

Sheri

Undersheri

Total Fatalities

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Police Ocer Daniel

Ackerman

Buena Park (CA) Police

Department

PoliceOfcerAckermandiedoaheatstrokeater

completingaSWATphysical

tnesstesttheprevious

day.Aternishingtheexercise,Ofcer

Ackermandisplayedsymptomsoover-exertion

andwastransportedtoanearbyhospital.

OfcerAckermanremainedinthehospitaluntil

hisdeaththeollowingmorning.

Ocer Rogerio Morales

Davie (FL) Police Department

OfcerMoralescollapsed

duringSWATteamtryouts

duetohyperthermia.OfcerMoraleshadparticipated

inaphysicalagilitytest,

whichinvolvedahal-mile

runandtwoobstaclecourses.Approximately

teenminutesintothecourse,OfcerMorales

hadscaledaropesuspendedabovethe

ground,whenhedismountedandbecame

unresponsive.OfcerMoraleswastransported

tothehospitalwhereheremaineduntilhis

deaththreedayslater.

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