Denver Police Department

Denver Police Department has lost 74 officers across 163 years on record. 55 — 74.3% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 16.2 percentage points above the national average of 58.1% for Police Departments — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

16 officers were lost to accidents — 21.6% of this agency's fallen, compared to 28.4% nationally for Police Departments. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 5 officers who died did so in an accident.