Fallen Officers
Since its establishment in 1929, 223 officers have died in the line of duty. The three most common causes of line of duty deaths to date are (in order of cause): Automobile/Motorcycle Accidents, Gunfire, and Vehicular Assault (i.e., struck by drunk driver, reckless driving, or hearing and/or visually impaired drivers). 1964 was the deadliest, in which eight officers died in the line of duty. The second-deadliest year was 2010, in which one officer was killed in May and four were killed in June, including officers Tom Coleman and Philip Ortiz.
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Famous quotes containing the words fallen and/or officers:
“The storm is over, the land hushes to rest:
The tyrannous wind, its strength fordone,
Is fallen back in the west”
—Robert Bridges (1844–1930)
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—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)