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101 Law Enforcement Officers Shot in 2022, 17 Killed: Police Union

101 Law Enforcement Officers Shot in 2022, 17 Killed: Police Union
The newest members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) salute during their police academy graduation ceremony at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York on March 30, 2017. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
4/4/2022|Updated: 4/4/2022

There have been 101 police officers shot this year while on duty as of April 1, a 63 percent increase from 2020, according to the latest figures released by a police union, which also includes numbers for premeditated ambushes along with a state-by-state data breakdown.

With more than 364,000 members, the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is considered the largest police union in the country.

Naveen Athrappully
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