Opelousas Police Department

Opelousas Police Department has lost 3 officers across 85 years on record. 1 — 33.3% — was killed feloniously, meaning an officer was deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 24.8 percentage points below the national average of 58.1% for Police Departments.

1 officer was lost to accidents — 33.3% 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.