Irish Constabulary has lost
6
officers
across 17 years on record.
1 — 16.7% — was killed feloniously,
meaning an officer was deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty.
This is 16.7 percentage points above the national average of 0% for law enforcement agencys — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.
3 officers were lost to accidents —
50% of this agency's fallen, compared to 0% nationally for law enforcement agencys.
Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 2 officers who died did so in an accident.