72 police officers killed
NZPA-Reuter Washington Seventy-two law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in the United States last year, the lowest number for 16 years, the F. 8.1. said. It said the killings, down from 80 in 1983 and 92 in the previous year, marked the smallest number of police officers killed since 1968 when 64 were murdered. Of last year’s victims, 34 ‘ belonged to city police forces, 24 were county officers, 13 worked for state law enforcement agencies, and one Government agent. All but nine of the killings were solved, the F. 8.1. said. About half the murders involved handguns and took place as the officers were trying to catch or arrest suspects.
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