Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office

Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office has lost 3 officers across 36 years on record. 2 — 66.7% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 4 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 — 33.3% of this agency's fallen, compared to 26.4% nationally for Sheriff's Offices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 3 officers who died did so in an accident.