Watauga County Sheriff's Office

Watauga County Sheriff's Office has lost 5 officers across 120 years on record. 4 — 80% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 17.3 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 — 20% of this agency's fallen, compared to 26.4% nationally for Sheriff's Offices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 5 officers who died did so in an accident.