U.S. Law Enforcement Deaths Up 13% Over Last Year
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com By way of statistics and lives, 2011 was a bad year for law enforcement. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund issued a preliminary report showing 173 officers were killed in the U.S. in 2011, up 13 percent over last year. Of that figure, 68 died from gunshots, up 15 percent…