KY State Police

KY State Police has lost 29 officers . 12 — 41.4% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 9.9 percentage points above the national average of 31.5% for State Polices — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

16 officers were lost to accidents — 55.2% of this agency's fallen, compared to 57.2% nationally for State Polices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 2 officers who died did so in an accident.