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Section size for List of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in the United States (40 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	1,297	1,297
Overview by year	920	15,331
2010	843	843
2011	1,571	1,571
2012	1,013	1,013
2013	1,686	1,686
2014	1,182	1,182
2015	1,082	1,082
2016	1,072	1,072
2017	1,896	1,896
2018	1,780	1,780
2019	613	613
2020	640	640
2021	754	754
2022	279	279
Lists of officers killed	521	487,511
Prior to 2010	130,057	130,057
2010	71	71
2011	71	71
2012	59,493	59,493
2013	50,067	50,067
2014	57,324	57,324
2015	60,101	60,101
2016	24,083	24,083
2017	35,505	35,505
2018	18,681	18,681
2019	9,155	9,155
2020	12,202	12,202
2021	9,370	9,370
2022	6,787	6,787
2023	2,040	2,040
2024	11,983	11,983
Gallery	1,876	1,876
See also	480	2,320
Incidents with multiple policemen killed	1,216	1,216
Other nations	424	424
Killings by law enforcement	200	200
Notes	25	25
References	30	30
External links	382	382
Total	508,772	508,772

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