Houston County Sheriff's Department

Houston County Sheriff's Department has lost 3 officers across 119 years on record. 2 — 66.7% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 3.3 percentage points above the national average of 63.4% for Sheriff's Offices — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

1 officer was lost to accidents — 33.3% of this agency's fallen, compared to 25.8% nationally for Sheriff's Offices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 3 officers who died did so in an accident.