331 Law Enforcement Officers Shot in 2022, 62 Killed: Police Union

331 Law Enforcement Officers Shot in 2022, 62 Killed: Police Union
New York police officers salute during the funeral for officer Wilbert Mora in New York, on Feb. 2, 2022. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
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A total of 331 police officers were shot last year while on duty, a 13 percent increase from 2019, according to the latest figures released by a police union, which also included a state-by-state data breakdown.

The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) announced in a report that of the law enforcement officials who were shot, 62 were killed, a 32 percent increase from 2020. The total number killed in 2021 was 63, an increase of roughly 34 percent from 2020 when 47 officers were killed in the line of duty.
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