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United States Uniform Crime Reporting Program: Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2020

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Police Employee (LEOKA) Data, 2020
Provider 
Federal Bureau of Investigation (United States)
Tabulations only
Geography 
United States of America (USA)
American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 2020 - December, 2020
Series or system 
United States Uniform Crime Reporting Program
Data type
Administrative data: Police record - Subnationally representative
Summary 

The Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted (LEOKA) Data, is a component to the United States Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The collection effort aims to gather comprehensive data on assaults resulting in injury or death to police officers in the line of duty, as well as on the distribution of policing resources. The resulting dataset is made up of information from two report forms that are sent to participating police agencies by the FBI throughout the country.

Keywords 
Crime, Homicide, Injuries, Intentional injuries, Interpersonal violence, Mortality, Unintentional injuries, Violence

Citation

Contributors 
Federal Bureau of Investigation (United States)
Publisher 
Federal Bureau of Investigation (United States)
Publication year 
2021
Suggested citation 
Federal Bureau of Investigation (United States). United States Uniform Crime Reporting Program: Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2020. Washington D.C., United States of America: Federal Bureau of Investigation (United States), 2021.

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