FROM 1994-2003  616 OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

568 WERE KILLED WITH FIREARMS.

FIFTY-TWO WERE KILLED WITH THEIR OWN WEAPON.

100 SERVICE WEAPONS WERE STOLEN AFTER THE OFFICER WAS KILLED BY THE SUSPECT.

100 ATTEMPTED TO USE THEIR WEAPON.

320 NEVER ATTEMPTED TO USE THEIR WEAPON.

66% OF OFFICERS KILLED WERE PATROL OFFICERS.

48 % WERE ALONE AT THE TIME OF THE ASSAULT.

OF THE 45 OFFICERS KILLED WITH A FIREARM IN
2003, ONLY THREE WERE KILLED FROM OVER 50 FEET.

24 OFFICERS WERE KILLED FROM LESS THAN 5 FEET.

THE AVERAGE AGE OF OFFICERS KILLED IN 2003 WAS 38.

OFFICERS KILLED IN 2003 HAD OVER 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE.

OF THE 52 OFFICERS KILLED, MOST DIED CONDUCTING TRAFFIC STOPS.

9 WERE KILLED DURING AN AMBUSH SITUATION.

FROM 1994 TO 2003 THE TOP THREE STATES IN OFFICER DEATHS WERE:
CALIFORNIA, TEXAS AND   G E O R G I A!!!

Statistics provided by Sgt. S. Harrison----
Laurens County Sheriff's Department. 

Sgt. Harrison encourages all Officers to STAY ALERT .Law Enforcement Duty in Georgia is more dangerous than ever.    Recall that 320 Officers NEVER Felt the need to draw their weapon prior to being killed.  Trust No One.  YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.

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