Foreword.Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2000 is a statistical compilation concerning law enforcement officers who were feloniously or accidentally killed or assaulted in the line of duty In the Line of Duty may refer to:
A sampling of statistics from the participating agencies in 2000 indicate: * The number of law enforcement officers feloniously killed in the line of duty was up 21.4 percent from the previous year's number--51 officers were slain in 2000, and 42 officers were killed in 1999. * With regard to circumstances surrounding the killings, 13 officers were feloniously killed while responding to traffic pursuits/stops, 12 were killed in arrest situations, 10 in ambush (language) AMBUSH - A language for linear programming problems in a materials processing and transportation network. ["AMBUSH - An Advanced Model Builder for Linear Programming", T.R. White et al, National Petroleum Refiners Assoc Comp Conf (Nov 1971)]. situations, 8 while responding to disturbance calls, 6 while investigating suspicious persons/circumstances, and 2 while handling or transporting prisoners. * Of the 47 officers feloniously slain with a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. , 29 were wearing body armor Noun 1. body armor - armor that protects the wearer's whole body body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour armet - a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard . Twenty-five of the 47 officers who were killed with a firearm were within 5 feet of their assailant. * The number of law enforcement officers accidentally killed increased 29.2 percent from a year ago with 65 accidental deaths in 1999 and 84 accidental deaths in 2000. * Automobile accidents Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Utah Say you're at a red light in a left hand turning lane and the light turns green so you let up slightly on the break antedating moving forward and the vehicle accounted for 42 of the 84 accidental deaths in 2000. * Of the officers assaulted, 28.4 percent were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . Personal weapons such as hands, fists, feet, etc. were used in 81.7 percent of the 56,054 assaults on law enforcement officers. * By circumstance, disturbance calls accounted for 30.7 percent of the assaults. |
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