The rate of law enforcement officers assaulted over the past three years reached a 10-year high in 2023, while the number of officers killed in the line of duty declined during the same time frame, according to new FBI data.Â
One law enforcement officer was killed every five days on average last year, the highest number since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The FBI reports that 93 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty last year, a small increase over 2019.
Five of the six Alabama law enforcement officers fatally shot in 2019 were killed with stolen guns, the ATF said after tracing each murder weapon.
The recent death of Agent Robert Hotten highlights the dangers facing Border Patrol agents.
A patrol officer with Washington D.C. regional transit police its the first law enforcement official to be charged with terrorism in the U.S.
Fentanyl, the painkiller that killed Prince and is responsible for hundreds of over deaths in recent years, also poses a significant danger to law enforcement, the DEA warned.
The feds are increases searches of U.S. citizens’ data, a new transparency reports shows.
