Montana Highway Patrol

Montana Highway Patrol has lost 8 officers across 65 years on record. 5 — 62.5% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 28.6 percentage points above the national average of 33.9% for Highway Patrols — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

3 officers were lost to accidents — 37.5% of this agency's fallen, compared to 60.8% nationally for Highway Patrols. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 3 officers who died did so in an accident.