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Police Deaths Drop In 2008

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 30, 2008

Greater use of bullet-resistant vests and stun guns helped reduce police deaths in 2008 compared with the previous year, two law enforcement support groups report. The states with the most deaths were Texas with 14, followed by California with 12, then Florida and Pennsylvania with eight each. The figures, which covered deaths through Sunday, were reported by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and Concerns of Police Survivors.

140

Number of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2008

181

Number of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2007

41

Number of gunfire deaths in 2008, down from 68 in 2007 and the lowest total since 1956, when it was 35

More than 70

Percentage of policemen using bullet-resistant vests in 2008

71

Number of traffic-related deaths this year, down from 83 in 2007. Traffic incidents are the No. 1 cause of officer deaths.

16

Number of Florida officers killed in 2007, twice the number killed in 2008

0

Number of Tampa Bay area officers killed in 2008, down from 1 in 2007 Hillsborough County Sheriff's Sgt. Ronald Harrison, shot in his patrol car in Brandon

A staff and wire report

Keyword: Officer Shootings, to search incidents involving law enforcement personnel in the Bay area.

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