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FBI Releases 2021 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
According to statistics reported to the FBI, 129 law enforcement officers were killed in line-of-duty incidents in 2021. Of these, 73 officers died as a result of felonious acts, and 56 officers died in accidents. Comprehensive data tables about these incidents and brief narratives describing the fatal attacks were released today in the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) portion on the FBI’s Law Enforcement Data Explorer (a subset of the Crime Data Explorer).
Felonious Deaths
Seventy-three officers were feloniously killed in 2021, an increase of 27 when compared to the 46 officers who were killed as a result of criminal acts in 2020. The 73 felonious deaths occurred in 28 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
The 5- and 10-year comparisons show an increase of 27 felonious deaths when compared with the 2017 figure (46 officers) and an increase of 24 deaths when compared with 2012 data (49 officers).
Officer Profiles. The average age of the officers who were feloniously killed was 39 years old. The victim officers had served in law enforcement for an average of 12 years at the times of the fatal incidents. Of the 73 officers:
- 68 were male.
- 5 were female.
- 60 were White.
- 9 were Black/African American.
- The race of 4 officers who died was not reported.
Circumstances Encountered by Victim Officer Upon Arrival at Scene of Incident. Of the 73 officers feloniously killed:
- 24 officers were killed in unprovoked attacks.
- 9 officers died as a result of investigative/enforcement activities.
o 4 were involved in surveillance activities.
o 2 were conducting traffic violation stops.
o 1 was responding to an active shooter.
o 1 was involved in an undercover situation.
- 1 was investigating a wanted person.
- 8 officers were ambushed (entrapment/premeditation).
- 8 officers were involved in pursuits.
o 7 were vehicular (anything other than on foot).
o 1 was on foot.
- 7 officers responded to disorders/disturbances.
o 3 were responding to a disturbance (disorderly subject, fight, etc.).
o 2 were responding to domestic disturbances (family quarrel, no assault).
o 2 were responding to domestic violence situations.
- 6 officers were involved in tactical situations.
o 4 were involved in barricaded/hostage situations.
o 2 were serving/attempting to serve arrest warrants.
- 4 officers were involved in arrest situations.
o 2 were involved with verbal advisements only.
o 1 was maintaining custody of a prisoner (in vehicle, precinct, etc.).
o 1 arrest situation type was not reported.
- 2 officers responded to crimes in progress.
o 1 was an active shooter.
o 1 was an assault.
- 1 officer was assisting other law enforcement officers.
- 1 was serving/attempting to serve a court order (eviction notice, subpoena, etc.).
- 1 officer was out of service (court, dining, etc.).
- 1 officer was responding to a report of crime.
- 1 officer was providing/deploying equipment (flares, traffic cones, etc.).
Weapons. Offenders used firearms to kill 61 of the 73 victim officers. Six officers were killed with vehicles used as weapons. Four officers were killed by the offender’s use of personal weapons (hand, fists, feet, etc.). Of the 61 officers killed by firearms:
- 15 were slain with handguns.
- 11 with rifles.
- 2 with shotguns.
- 33 with firearms in which the types of firearms were unknown or not reported.
Regions. Felonious deaths were reported in three of the four U.S. regions.
- 44 officers were feloniously killed in the South.
- 13 in the West.
- 12 in the Midwest.
- None were feloniously killed in the Northeast.
- 4 officers were also killed in Puerto Rico.
Suspects. Law enforcement agencies identified 66 alleged assailants in connection with the felonious line-of-duty deaths.
- 20 of the assailants had prior criminal arrests.
- 9 of the offenders were under judicial supervision at the times of the felonious incidents.
Accidental Deaths
Fifty-six law enforcement officers were killed accidentally while performing their duties in 2021, an increase of 10 when compared with the 46 officers accidentally killed in 2020. The majority (32 officers) were killed in motor vehicle crashes.
Officer Profile. The average age of officers who were accidentally killed was 40 years old; the average number of years the victim officers had served in law enforcement was 10. Of the 56 officers accidentally killed:
- 52 were male.
- 4 were female.
- 46 were White.
- 7 were Black/African American.
- 1 was Asian.
- The race for 2 victim officers was not reported.
Circumstances. The 56 officers accidentally killed died in a variety of scenarios:
- 32 died as a result of motor vehicle crashes.
o 30 while operating motor vehicles.
o 2 while operating an ATV or a motorcycle.
- 20 were pedestrian officers struck by vehicles.
- 4 officers drowned.
Use of seatbelts. Of the 30 officers killed in motor vehicle crashes (not including ATVs and motorcycles), 7 were wearing seatbelts, and 5 were not. Data about seatbelt usage was not reported for 18 of the officers.
Regions. Accidental deaths were reported in all four U.S. regions and in Puerto Rico.
- 26 of the accidental deaths occurred in the South.
- 13 in the West.
- 9 in the Midwest.
- 7 in the Northeast.
- 1 in Puerto Rico.
Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2021 Release Schedule
To provide a more timely release of data to the public, today’s release provides three categories of data. These categories include data and statistics concerning officers feloniously and accidentally killed and statistics about federal officers killed and/or assaulted. The remaining portions of the information, which present data reported to the FBI concerning law enforcement officers assaulted in the line of duty in 2021, will be released in the fall.
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Urges EPA Action on Ozone Measures
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Southwest Freeway SB connector ramp to I-610 West Loop SB to be closed for 2 years in Galleria area
Houston drivers are going to need to get ready for another major closure at the I-69 Southwest/I-610 West Loop Interchange Reconstruction Project continues.Starting on April 29 at 9 p.m., the Texas Department of Transportation will be closing the I-69 Southwest Freeway southbound connector ramp to I-610 West Loop southbound. TxDOT said the $259 million projects is going to take approximately two years to complete.
“We’re four years into the project with two years left,” said Danny Perez with TxDOT. “We’re getting close, but everything we’re doing now is – there’s going to be some impacts.”
“We’re making room not only for the new ramp we’re going to build but we’re also making room for the 610 main lane bridge that we’re building over 69,” he continued.
Perez said the closure is unavoidable as TxDOT plans to build a new ramp close to the footprint of the existing one. While the closure may be an inconvenience, it’s all in an effort to improve traffic moving from one freeway to another.
“When you’re on the main lanes and you have that one person in the left lane and they need to get over to the right lane weaving over at the last minute we’re putting those connectors back – we’re putting those entrances back further – so they can make their decision further back,” Perez said.
On top of this, the Chimney Rock exit on the south side of Highway 59/I-69 Southwest Freeway will be closed for about two months.
TxDOT recommends drivers take the Fountain View exit ramp from the Highway 59/69 southbound main lanes, make a U-turn at Fountain View, get back on the first entrance to Highway 59/69 Southwest Freeway northbound main lanes and take the connector ramp to I-610 West Loop southbound to avoid this closure.
“This interchange project gets us to a good place to keep traffic flowing through that area,” Perez said. “There’s a lot of movement. There are 300,000 cars on either freeway.”
“We’re getting close to moving to project forward to the finish line,” he said. “Once it’s opened up it’s going to be great for folks traveling through that interchange.”
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¡México presente! Eiza González impacta con elegante vestido en la Met Gala 2022
Dicen que la elegancia se hereda y parece ser cierto en Eiza González, quien no ha dejado de sorprendernos con los looks que nos ha regala en cada pasarela. La mexicana ha sabido posicionarse en el mundo del entretenimiento así como en la moda, ¡y vaya que es parte de ella!, pues engalana a todos con su porte. Ahora tocó mostrarlo con un magnífico vestido durante la alfombra de la Met Gala 2022.
Como toda una miembro de la realeza, la actriz hizo su aparición con un look de inspiración clásica, muy acorde a la temática de este año, el gilded glamour. El vestido adornado con lentejuelas, plumas y un increíble collar de diamantes enaltecen la belleza de la mexicana, quien muestra un atuendo sobrio pero ideal para la gala.
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Texas Activists Say They Have Enough Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization On Another Local Ballot
Activists in Denton, Texas say they’re confident that they’ve collected enough signatures to place a marijuana decriminalization initiative on the local ballot.
The group Decriminalize Denton said that it will continue collecting additional petitions until May 3 while it also works to verify the more than 2,500 signatures that have already been gathered. But as of last week, organizers said that it appears that they’ve already netted enough to put the measure before voters in November.
The campaign plans to submit the signatures to the city in the first week of May. They need 1,745 valid signatures from registered voters for ballot placement.
Meanwhile, as Denton activists pursue the midterm election in November, the campaign Ground Game Texas successfully put cannabis decriminalization on the Austin ballot for next month. Early voting for that local measure started on Monday.
The Denton petition says that police “shall not issue citations or make arrests for Class A or Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana offenses, except in the limited circumstances.” Those limited circumstances include investigations into violent felony cases.
Police also couldn’t issue citations or make arrests for class C misdemeanor offenses for drug residue or drug paraphernalia in lieu of a marijuana possession arrest.
The proposal would also make it so city funds could not be expended to test for THC concentration in cannabis products to determine whether it meets the state’s legal definition of legal hemp or illegal marijuana. Law enforcement in Texas has been especially thrown following hemp legalization.
Additionally, the initiative would prohibit police from using the odor of cannabis alone as “probable cause for any search or seizure,” with limited exceptions.
The city would be required to work with the local police department, as well as “other relevant stakeholders,” to educate them about the policy change and inform updated training protocols.
For what it’s worth, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said in January that he doesn’t believe people should be incarcerated over low-level marijuana possession. However, he also incorrectly suggested that lawmakers have already adopted the policy statewide.
While Austin and other major Texas cities like Dallas have already independently enacted law enforcement policy changes aimed at reducing arrests for cannabis-related offenses by issuing citations and summons, these ballot initiatives would take the reform further.
Ground Game Texas is also actively working to put marijuana decriminalization on local ballots in Killeen and Harker Heights, and activists in San Marcos began a similar campaign in September.
There is no statewide, citizen-led initiative process that would enable advocates to put an issue like decriminalization or legalization on the Texas ballot. But at the local level, there are limited cases where activists can leverage home rule laws that allow for policy changes.
A recent poll found that a strong majority of Texans—including most Republicans—support even broader reform to legalize marijuana for adult use.
The survey from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University found that 67 percent of Texas residents back the broad reform. Fifty-one percent of participants who identified as Republican said they back legalization.
In Texas, drug policy reform did advance in the legislature during last year’s session, but not necessarily at the pace that advocates had hoped to see.
A bill to expand the state’s medical cannabis program and another to require a study into the therapeutic potential of certain psychedelics for military veterans were enacted.
Advocates remain disappointed, however, that lawmakers were unable to pass more expansive cannabis bills—including a decriminalization proposal that cleared the House but saw no action in the Senate.
The House approved a cannabis decriminalization bill in 2019, but it did not advance in the Senate that session.
The Texas Republican Party adopted a platform plank endorsing decriminalization of marijuana possession in 2018.
A Texas poll that was released over the summer found that 60 percent of voters in the state support making cannabis legal “for any use.”
Separately, the state Supreme Court last month heard testimony in a case concerning the state’s ban on manufacturing smokable hemp products—the latest development in a drawn-out legal battle on the policy first proposed and challenged in 2020.