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Number Of Police Officers Killed In 2024. A total of 40 law enforcement officers have now died while on duty this year, including 13 lost to gunfire, according to the officer down memorial page website. There are currently 23,785 names of officers killed in the line of duty inscribed on the national law enforcement officers memorial in washington, dc, dating back to the first.

Murders of police officers rose by nearly 60% during 2021, amid a wider rise in violent crime across the us, according to fbi director christopher wray. These 282 officers include 118 officers who were killed during 2023.