Kansas City Police Dept.

Kansas City Police Dept. has lost 20 officers . 16 — 80% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 11.6 percentage points above the national average of 68.4% for Others — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

3 officers were lost to accidents — 15% of this agency's fallen, compared to 22.3% nationally for Others. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 7 officers who died did so in an accident.