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Dillatrack t1_j2srsjq wrote

Reply to comment by earhere in Pennsylvania officer killed, 2nd wounded; suspect shot dead by cloud_coder

Shootings is second and vehicles are third:

> Firearms were the second-largest cause of death with 61 officers killed feloniously by firearms in 2021, a 36% increase from the previous year. Nineteen of those officers were killed in "ambush attacks," which the report says is also a significant increase.

> 2021 also saw a dramatic increase in traffic-related fatalities with 58 officers killed as a result of incidents like vehicle collisions and motorcycle crashes — a 38% increase compared to the previous year.

> "Struck-by" fatalities — many of which occurred while officers were investigating vehicle crashes or helping motorists on the side of the road — increased by 93% during that period.

> Other officer deaths were attributed to beatings, Sept. 11-related illness and stabbings.

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/12/1072411820/law-enforcement-deaths-2021-covid

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Unconfidence t1_j2tj5ru wrote

It should also be noted that many of the crashes in which the officers die are instigated by the police themselves. There have been many accounts of police dying while wrecking en route to a call because they're driving too fast. There's a reason this is a top killer of cops, it's because that's the one part of the 80's-90's action cop image which is actually dangerous to themselves instead of just others.

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