FBI stats: Fewer officers killed in the line of duty

By Jason Kandel on May 11, 2009 8:29 AM | | Comments (0)

Forty one officers died in the line of duty in 2008, according to statistics released today by the FBI.

The FBI broke the stats down by region - 20 police officers were killed in the South, nine in the Midwest, nine in the West, and three in the Northeast.

The number of officers killed was 17 fewer than in 2007.

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