Simpson County Sheriff's Office

Simpson County Sheriff's Office has lost 7 officers across 111 years on record. 6 — 85.7% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 23 percentage points above the national average of 62.7% for Sheriff's Offices — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

1 officer was lost to accidents — 14.3% of this agency's fallen, compared to 26.4% nationally for Sheriff's Offices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 7 officers who died did so in an accident.