Shelby County Sheriff's Department

Shelby County Sheriff's Department has lost 2 officers across 117 years on record. 1 — 50% — was killed feloniously, meaning an officer was deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 13.4 percentage points below the national average of 63.4% for Sheriff's Offices.

1 officer was lost to accidents — 50% of this agency's fallen, compared to 25.8% nationally for Sheriff's Offices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 2 officers who died did so in an accident.