COVID Leading Cause of Death for Cops for 3rd Year
COVID-19 remained the leading cause of law enforcement deaths in 2022 despite the number attributed to the virus dramatically declining.
A new report by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund looked at preliminary data and found that 226 federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement officers died last year while in the line of duty.
Of those deaths, 70 can be attributed to COVID-19. However, this is an 83% decline compared to the 405 officers who died from COVID-19 complications in 2021. Sixty-four police officers were killed by gunfire in 2022.