Fewer Law Enforcement Officers Killed in Line of Duty in 2012, FBI Reports

 Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com

Law enforcement is a dangerous job, but fewer police officers were killed in the line of duty last year, according to newly released FBI statistics.

The bureau reported 95 cop-related deaths in 2012, compared to 125 a year earlier, Phoenix New Times reports.

The officers included in the reports are “duly sworn city, university and college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement officers.”

Read the full report here.

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