Deaths of U.S. Law Enforcement Officers Could Reach 2-Decade High

WASHINGTON — In 2009, the number of U.S. law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty reached a 50-year low. That downward trend is gone.
The National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) in Washington is reporting a 43 percent increase of officers killed in the line of duty during the first six months of 2010 compared to last year. Five of those were federal law enforcement officers, including a Border Patrol agent.
If the trend continues, the organization said, 2010 may prove to be the most deadly in two decades.
Preliminary statistics show that 87 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty between January 1 and June 30, 2010 compared to 61 during the same stretch in 2009, a 42.6 percent, the law enforcement organization said.
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Posted: July 27th, 2010 under News Story.
Tags: Border Patrol, court security, Craig Floyd, Joshua Yazzie, Las Vegas, Mark Van Doren, National LAw Enforcement Memorial Fund, Stanley Cooper, Tauveve Vivao, U.S. Marshal
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