Butte County Sheriff's Office

Butte County Sheriff's Office has lost 4 officers across 109 years on record. 3 — 75% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 12.3 percentage points above the national average of 62.7% for Sheriff's Offices — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

1 officer was lost to accidents — 25% of this agency's fallen, compared to 26.4% nationally for Sheriff's Offices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 4 officers who died did so in an accident.