FBI Releases Preliminary Statistics On Law Enforcement Officer Deaths In The Line Of Duty From January through February 2023

 The FBI released the statistics on law enforcement officers killed in line of duty from January through February 2023:

In February 2023, four law enforcement officers were feloniously killed, the same number as in February 2022. Firearms were used in all the felonious deaths, while the circumstances surrounding the officers’ deaths included activities related to encounter/assist and emotionally disturbed person (1), investigative/enforcement (1), and pursuits (2). The three law enforcement officers accidentally killed in February 2023 marked a 25 percent decrease from the four accidentally killed in February 2022. The accidental deaths in February 2023 were due primarily to motor vehicle crashes while patrolling (2) and from a fall (1). The Northeast region had the most law enforcement deaths in February 2023 with two felonious deaths. The Midwest, South, and West regions each reported one accidental law enforcement death in the month of February. Two officers died from the following medical conditions in February 2023: One law enforcement officer died due to cancer, and one officer died from other natural causes. 

You can read the data via the below link:

FBI Releases Preliminary Statistics on Law Enforcement Officer Deaths in the Line of Duty from January through February 2023 — LE 

'War On Police': Line-Of-Duty Deaths Rise Amid Racially-Charged Rhetoric, Anti-Cop Climate

Perry Chiaramonte at FoxNews.com offers a piece on the "War On Police."

Police throughout the nation say they fear a growing anti-cop sentiment driven by a handful of racially-charged incidents is making their jobs more dangerous on the streets, where the number of officers killed in the line of duty is rising sharply.

High-profile cases involving police and black suspects from Missouri to Baltimore have prompted intense criticism of law enforcement, from not only activists but the media and even the White House, leaving law enforcement officers alienated and angry, say cop advocates. And the protests, rioting and federal investigations come even as the job of keeping Americans safe has become more dangerous.

“Nobody goes into law enforcement wanting to be hated," David Cruickshank, a Connecticut police officer and CEO of the Law Enforcement Research Group, told FoxNews.com. "Most get into this line of work for their love of their community.”

Cruickshank and other law enforcement advocates worry that what they see as an anti-cop climate is killing morale in police departments of every size.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/13/war-on-police-line-duty-deaths-rise-amid-racially-charged-rhetoric-anti-cop/