Metropolitan Police Department

Metropolitan Police Department has lost 131 officers across 156 years on record. 70 — 53.4% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 4.7 percentage points below the national average of 58.1% for Police Departments.

48 officers were lost to accidents — 36.6% of this agency's fallen, compared to 28.4% nationally for Police Departments. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 3 officers who died did so in an accident.

This agency has also lost 2 K9 partners — working animals who served alongside officers and gave their lives in that service. 1 was killed feloniously. They are honored on this memorial alongside every officer.