Boston Police Department

Boston Police Department has lost 106 officers across 164 years on record. 45 — 42.5% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 15.6 percentage points below the national average of 58.1% for Police Departments.

31 officers were lost to accidents — 29.2% 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.

This agency has also lost 1 K9 partner — working animals who served alongside officers and gave their lives in that service. They are honored on this memorial alongside every officer.