Jackson Police Department

Jackson Police Department has lost 19 officers across 121 years on record. 14 — 73.7% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 15.6 percentage points above the national average of 58.1% for Police Departments — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

5 officers were lost to accidents — 26.3% of this agency's fallen, compared to 28.4% nationally for Police Departments. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 4 officers who died did so in an accident.