Columbus Police Dept.

Columbus Police Dept. has lost 26 officers . 19 — 73.1% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 4.7 percentage points above the national average of 68.4% for Others — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

5 officers were lost to accidents — 19.2% of this agency's fallen, compared to 22.3% nationally for Others. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 5 officers who died did so in an accident.