More Law Enforcement ‘Feloniously Killed’ In 2021 Than In Any Single Year In Over Two Decades: FBI Report
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Crime Data Explorer, more police officers were feloniously killed in 2021 than in any year since 2011.
CNN reports that 2021 “marks the highest total recorded by the agency since 1995, excluding the 9/11 attacks.”
73 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in 2021, which is a “58.7 percent increase compared to the 46 officers killed in 2020, and the highest total since 2011,” according to the report.
“Of the 73 felonious deaths in 2021, 61 involved firearms, 6 involved vehicles used as weapons, and 4 involved personal weapons,” the report states.
24 of the deaths were the result of “unprovoked attacks,” which the report says is of concern “because this circumstance significantly outpaced all other felonious officer deaths in 2021 and reached the highest total in over 30 years of reporting.”- READ MORE
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