Springfield Police Department

Springfield Police Department has lost 10 officers across 95 years on record. 9 — 90% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 31.9 percentage points above the national average of 58.1% for Police Departments — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

1 officer was lost to accidents — 10% of this agency's fallen, compared to 28.4% nationally for Police Departments. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 10 officers who died did so in an accident.