Phoenix Police Department has lost
47
officers .
28 — 59.6% — were killed feloniously,
meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty.
This is 8.7 percentage points below the national average of 68.3% for Others.
14 officers were lost to accidents —
29.8% of this agency's fallen, compared to 22.3% nationally for Others.
Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 3 officers who died did so in an accident.
Phoenix Police Department 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 2.1% of this agency's fallen,
compared to a national average of 1% for Others.