Line of Duty Deaths
Ensuring that officers return home safely at the end of each shift is a paramount concern for all law enforcement leaders. The IACP in partnership with the Officer Down Memorial Page is committed to honoring fallen law enforcement officers while also raising awareness about line-of-duty deaths.
Analyzing trends and causal factors is key to understanding and preventing future line-of-duty deaths. The info-graphics linked below, created by ODMP display the year-to-date report for the Line of Duty Deaths for each month.
IACP recognizes that one of the tougher challenges facing any police executive is handling a line-of-duty death within a department. To support the agency head who must respond to this challenge, and to add IACP's acknowledgment of the sacrifice, IACP has established this program. The tribute is to be presented to the closest surviving family.
Because of the nature of this recognition, there is no specific due date for the application. However, due to unfortunate demand, we must limit applications to those officers who have died within the past year. The IACP Tribute to Slain Officers Program is administered through the Division of State Associations of Chiefs of Police (SACOP). For more information, please email [email protected]
Application
Active-duty officers who die by felonious or accidental means during the course of performing police functions while on — or off — duty. There is no cost for the IACP Tribute.
Resources
Law Enforcement Officers Killed by Felonious Assault in 2011
This report focuses on prevention through awareness by bringing together brief summaries of each line-of-duty death from felonious assaults in 2011. Recorded incidents have been categorized by call type. The classification was used to break down the summaries in order to better understand and begin thinking about prevention.
