Springfield Police Department

Springfield Police Department has lost 8 officers . 7 — 87.5% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 29.6 percentage points above the national average of 57.9% for Police Departments — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

1 officer was lost to accidents — 12.5% of this agency's fallen, compared to 28.1% nationally for Police Departments. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 8 officers who died did so in an accident.