Des Plaines Police Department

Des Plaines Police Department has lost 4 officers across 54 years on record. 3 — 75% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 6.6 percentage points above the national average of 68.4% for Others — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

1 officer was lost to accidents — 25% of this agency's fallen, compared to 22.3% nationally for Others. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 4 officers who died did so in an accident.