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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 73

  • Assault 2
  • Automobile crash 10
  • COVID19 3
  • Drowned 1
  • Duty related illness 1
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 35
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 5
  • Heart attack 3
  • Hypothermia 1
  • Motorcycle crash 3
  • Stabbed 2
  • Struck by train 1
  • Struck by vehicle 2
  • Vehicle pursuit 1
  • Vehicular assault 2

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 1
  • Arkansas 1
  • California 5
  • Colorado 2
  • Connecticut 1
  • Florida 5
  • Georgia 3
  • Illinois 4
  • Iowa 1
  • Kansas 1
  • Kentucky 7
  • Louisiana 2
  • Massachusetts 2
  • Michigan 2
  • Montana 1
  • New Mexico 1
  • New York 4
  • North Carolina 2
  • Ohio 1
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Oregon 2
  • Pennsylvania 2
  • Puerto Rico 1
  • South Carolina 4
  • Tennessee 2
  • Texas 7
  • Tribal Police 1
  • U.S. Government 3
  • Utah 1
  • Virginia 1
  • West Virginia 1
  • Wisconsin 1
Investigator Robert C. Nickerson | United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, U.S. Government
United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, U.S. Government

Investigator Robert C. Nickerson

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Thursday, April 11, 1935

Cause: Hypothermia

Special Agent Jerry Dove | United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Government
United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Government

Special Agent Jerry Dove

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, US

EOW: Friday, April 11, 1986

Cause: Gunfire