It varies from year to year.
For the United States alone: According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, 138 Officers died in the line of duty in 2008. In 2013, there were 105 line of duty deaths.
You can find this information on a updated and daily basis at the Officer Down page: http:/www.odmp.org To date 16 officers have been killed in the line of duty this year, which is down from 26 at this time last year (38% drop). Be safe..
About 160 / 170 give or take. Go to the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP). It gives a total break down of Officers killed. Great site alot of info. F. Dillard, California Deputy Sheriff.
I've heard estimates from 79 to 150 per year, so you can do your math. About 55% is due to fatal collisions and the other 45% are due to other causes (e.i. Heart attack, gunshot, etc.).
There were 173 line-of-duty law enforcement deaths in 2011.
Color of the day is an undercover police officer safety recognition system in NewYork City, USA. It was first started during the increase in violence seen in the city during the 1970s and 1980s. With the large amount of police and law enforcement presence in the city and surrounding areas, a recognition system was needed for uniformed officers to be able to instantly recognize people who were in plain-clothes that were also armed police officers. At that time many undercover officers pretended to be homeless people on the street and in subways, and also acted as drug addicts working in the NYPD Street Crimes Unit. The color of the day system was invented to stop the shooting of undercover police officers by uniformed police officers who did not recognize or know the undercover officer in question. Two African-American transit cops were shot and killed by uniformed officers who did not know they were police officers when the undercover officers drew there guns. Because of the prevelance of racism in the NYPD (at that time) many African-American officers were terrified of being shot by their own colleagues. The color of the day system is a color that is picked every day (different color each day) and is told to officers when they come on shift. Undercover officers then wear a head-band, wrist-band, t-shirt or hat in the same color as the color of the day. This lets other officers know that the person wearing it may be a police officer undercover and to act accordingly. When in doubt the uniformed officer will ask the person in question "what is the color of the day?2 If they answer correctly they know they are a police officer. The undercover officer who pulls his gun near to uniformed officers will often just shout out "the color of the day is (the color)!" This helps the uniformed officers to not shoot the person who is pulling a gun near their location. The color of the day is not fool-proof, and officers have been shot whilst using it. It has, however, prevented many shootings also.
Color of the day is an undercover police officer safety recognition system in NewYork City, USA. It was first started during the increase in violence seen in the city during the 1970s and 1980s. With the large amount of police and law enforcement presence in the city and surrounding areas, a recognition system was needed for uniformed officers to be able to instantly recognize people who were in plain-clothes that were also armed police officers. At that time many undercover officers pretended to be homeless people on the street and in subways, and also acted as drug addicts working in the NYPD Street Crimes Unit. The color of the day system was invented to stop the shooting of undercover police officers by uniformed police officers who did not recognize or know the undercover officer in question. Two African-American transit cops were shot and killed by uniformed officers who did not know they were police officers when the undercover officers drew there guns. Because of the prevelance of racism in the NYPD (at that time) many African-American officers were terrified of being shot by their own colleagues. The color of the day system is a color that is picked every day (different color each day) and is told to officers when they come on shift. Undercover officers then wear a head-band, wrist-band, t-shirt or hat in the same color as the color of the day. This lets other officers know that the person wearing it may be a police officer undercover and to act accordingly. When in doubt the uniformed officer will ask the person in question "what is the color of the day?2 If they answer correctly they know they are a police officer. The undercover officer who pulls his gun near to uniformed officers will often just shout out "the color of the day is (the color)!" This helps the uniformed officers to not shoot the person who is pulling a gun near their location. The color of the day is not fool-proof, and officers have been shot whilst using it. It has, however, prevented many shootings also.
About 420
Not really. It depends on what year.
That is simply not true, 23 officers of the NYPD and 37 Port Authority officers fell in the line of duty. In contrast 343 firefighters died that day.
People say that more than 10,000 firefighters and officers died that day :(
His name was James F. Blake. He was born in 1912 and died in 2002.
There's no way of answering this. It's unlikely that any polls regarding this have been taken, nor do we know everyone's opinion. However, I think it's very clear that police officers have a variety of roles that they do on a day-to-day basis.
The most officers killed in the line of duty was on September 11, 2001 while responding to the terrorist attack.
Very generally speaking, police officers carry handguns because they need them for personal protection when they don't have access to a rifle or shotgun. Many police officers have rifles or shotguns in their cruiser, but it's very inconvenient to walk around with one of those all day.
It appears over the last ten years the rate runs about one person per day.
yes sometimes only for a bitmy dad was a police officer I only see him like once a week!but it depends on there working days or if they wanna have a day of.