Reno Police Dept. has lost
12
officers
.
10 — 83.3% — were killed feloniously,
meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty.
This is 14.9 percentage points above the national average of 68.4% for Others — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.
1 officer was lost to accidents —
8.3% of this agency's fallen, compared to 22.3% nationally for Others.
Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 12 officers who died did so in an accident.