West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police has lost 46 officers across 50 years on record. 4 — 8.7% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 4.6 percentage points below the national average of 13.3% for state_polices.

29 officers were lost to accidents — 63% of this agency's fallen, compared to 61.6% nationally for state_polices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 2 officers who died did so in an accident.

West Midlands Police honors 1 officer whose death was linked to the weight of the job — officers who served, who carried what the badge demands, and who deserve to be on this wall equally. badge.nw is one of the only memorials that honors these officers without exception. This represents 2.2% of this agency's fallen, compared to a national average of 0.5% for state_polices.