West Virginia State Police

West Virginia State Police has lost 42 officers across 104 years on record. 21 — 50% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 18.5 percentage points above the national average of 31.5% for State Polices — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

20 officers were lost to accidents — 47.6% of this agency's fallen, compared to 57.2% nationally for State Polices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 2 officers who died did so in an accident.