Dallas County Sheriff's Department

Dallas County Sheriff's Department has lost 20 officers across 128 years on record. 14 — 70% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 7.3 percentage points above the national average of 62.7% for Sheriff's Offices — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

3 officers were lost to accidents — 15% 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.