Last year, 378 police officers were shot in the line of duty, the most the Fraternal Order of Police has ever recorded, the agency said as it released its end-of-the-year statistics.
The National Fraternal Order of Police reported that 378 law enforcement officers were shot in the line of duty in 2023, 46 of whom were killed by gunfire.
There were 115 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers in 2023, which resulted in 138 officers shot, and 20 of the ambushed officers were killed, FOP reports.
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