![]() This included deaths related to traffic violation stops (45), wanted people (32) and suspicious people/circumstances (32).ĭomestic violence calls can be deadly for police, but Biden overstated the data. The data showing the call for service or reason for the officer’s involvement showed 68 officers died while responding to disorder/disturbance calls, including 19 related to domestic violence.Ī category the FBI labels "investigative/enforcement" accounted for 182 killed officers. The FBI pointed us to more detailed data showing the circumstances faced by 504 officers feloniously killed from 2012 to 2021. Separately, the FBI noted that 81 officers died in the line of duty from medical conditions, including 52 from COVID-19. Six were a disorder/disturbance (domestic disturbance, civil disorder, etc.) Īdditionally in 2022, 58 officers were killed in accidents, mostly car crashes. Twelve were the result of an ambush (entrapment/premeditation) Įleven were related to investigative/enforcement work (drug-related matter, wanted person, traffic violation stop) When broken down by circumstance encountered by the officer upon arrival at the scene, the data for these police deaths show: This data does not prove Biden’s claim that more police officers are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.Īn FBI data summary showed that 60 officers were killed feloniously in 2022, nearly all were shot. The other category is "felonious deaths," which the FBI defines as "a direct result of a willful and intentional act by an offender." There are two main categories, one is accidental, which includes car crashes or pedestrian officers struck by cars. The FBI provides annual data about law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. "A better statement would have been that ‘domestic disturbance/violence incidents are one of the most common circumstances in which on-duty law enforcement officers are feloniously killed,’" said Jordan Blair Woods, a University of Arizona law professor who has published research on police and traffic stops.įBI data shows calls other than domestic violence are among the most deadly Domestic violence calls can be deadly for officers, but not what mostly lead to their deaths while on duty. The evidence we found, mostly from the FBI, shows Biden is wrong. The White House did not respond to our request for evidence. Some experts told us without such qualifiers, it’s hard to evaluate Biden’s statement. Did you know that?"īiden did not specify what year or years he was referring to and didn’t say whether he was including accidents. "You know, more cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else. We expect them to be psychologists, mental health counselors," Biden said during a March 9 speech about his fiscal year 2024 budget proposal. "We expect our cops to be social workers. Rather than wanting to "defund" the police, President Joe Biden has called for more money for training for law enforcement, saying they need more help.
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