Elko County Sheriff's Office

Elko County Sheriff's Office has lost 7 officers across 144 years on record. 5 — 71.4% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 8 percentage points above the national average of 63.4% for Sheriff's Offices — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

2 officers were lost to accidents — 28.6% of this agency's fallen, compared to 25.8% nationally for Sheriff's Offices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 4 officers who died did so in an accident.