2022 MID-YEAR

PRELIMINARY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
FATALITIES REPORT
 LAW ENFORCEMENT
129
OFFICER FATALITIES
According to preliminary data compiled by the Also noteworthy, struck-by fatalities have
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial decreased by 39%, from 18 in 2021 to 11 in 2022.
Fund (NLEOMF), as of June 30, 2022, 129 federal,
During the first half of 2022, 33 officers died from
state, tribal and local law enforcement officers
felonious assaults, all of whom were killed in the
died in the line-of-duty. This is a decrease of
line of duty as a of a result of firearms fatalities.
approximately 31% from the 188 officers killed
The 33 officers killed by firearms represents an
during the same period last year. The 129 line-of-
18% increase over the 28 officers killed in firearms-
duty deaths are trending lower at this point, almost
related fatalities during the first six months of 2021.
entirely related to a reduction in Covid-19 deaths.
The leading circumstance of firearms fatalities
The first six months of this year have demonstrated were officers handling domestic disturbances.
that while America’s law enforcement officers
During the first six months of 2022, 11 officers died
are still battling the deadly effects of the Covid-19
of other causes, such as falling objects, fire-related
pandemic, there has been a large reduction in
incidents, and physical-related illnesses including
such overall deaths, likely attributed to reduced
heart attacks and strokes suffered while in the
infection rates and the broad availability and use of
performance of their official duties.
vaccinations. Year to date, 54 officers have died as
a result of contracting the disease while executing
official duties. The 54 officers represent a decrease

31%
of 45% compared to the 98 officers who died of
Covid-19 related causes during the first half of last
year. However, Covid-19 still remains the number
one cause of law enforcement deaths occurring in
the first six months of 2022.

A marked increase in traffic-related crashes

Law Enforcement
thus far in 2022 should also be a concern for law
enforcement agencies nationwide. In the first six
Line-of-Duty
months of this year, 20 officers have died due to
traffic-related crashes, such as single-vehicle
Deaths Down
accidents, vehicle collisions, and motorcycle Approximately
crashes while working along our nation’s
roadways. These 20 crash-related fatalities are an 31 Percent
increase of 25% compared to the 16 crash-related
deaths during the same period last year. in 2022

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 LAW ENFORCEMENT FATALITIES BY DECADE 1960 - 2022
THROUGH MID-YEAR

160

140 129
120

100

80

60

40

20

0
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2022

129
TOTAL FATALITIES

33 31 11 54
Firearms-related Traffic-related Other COVID-19

Note: Mid-year is from January 1 through June 30 of each year.

The data and statistics contained in this report are preliminary and do not represent a final or complete list of individual officers who
will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in 2023.

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 FIREARMS-RELATED
33
FATALITIES
Of the 129 confirmed law enforcement line-
of-duty deaths from January 1, 2022 – June
30, 2022, firearms-related fatalities were the
second-leading cause of law enforcement
deaths. These deaths represent an 18%
increase over the same period last year.
Thirty-three officers were shot and killed
during the first six months of the year,
compared to 28 during the same period in 2021.
Of the 33 firearms fatalities, nine were handling
domestic disputes and six were handling
disturbance calls. Three officers were killed
attempting to make an arrest and three were
responding to robbery/theft calls in progress.
Two each were killed while investigating
suspicious persons, engaged in a traffic stop,
and handling or transporting a prisoner. One
was killed during a tactical encounter, two were
ambushed, and one was mistaken for a suspect
and shot by fellow officers. Two officers were
killed while serving warrants.
Handguns were the leading type of firearm
used in fatal shootings of law enforcement
officers in the first half of 2022. Of the 33 officer
fatalities, fifteen were killed with a handgun,
four were killed by a rifle, while two were killed
with their own weapon. The type of firearm
used in the remaining 12 fatalities is still under
investigation or unknown at this time.
Of the 33 firearms-related fatalities in the first
half of 2022, twelve occurred in June, eight in
March, five each in January and February, two
in May and one in April.
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OFFICERS FALLEN:
FIREAMS-RELATED
Corporal
Charles Eudell Galloway
Harris County, Texas C.O. Precinct 5
EOW: JANUARY 3, 2022
Corporal Galloway was shot and
killed while conducting a traffic
stop. Before Corporal Galloway
was able to exit his marked vehicle, the suspect exited
his vehicle and opened fire on Corporal Galloway. The
suspect was later apprehended and charged with
capital murder.
Deputy Sheriff
Dominique Bernardo Calata
Pierce County, Washington, S.O.
EOW: MARCH 16, 2022
On March 15, 2022, Deputy Sheriff
Calata and other SWAT Team
members executed a high-risk
warrant for a known felon. The suspect opened fire
on the deputies and Deputy Calata succumbed to his
gunshot wound the following day. Another member of
the SWAT Team was struck by gunfire and survived.
The suspect was killed during the incident.
Sergeant
Joshua Daniel Caudell
Arkansas Department of Corrections
EOW: FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Sergeant Caudell was shot and
killed while assisting local law
enforcement agencies search for
a suspect wanted for the attempted murder of police
officers. Sergeant Caudell was a part of the K-9 unit
that was deployed to search for the suspect who was
on state supervised probation.
 FIREARMS-RELATED FATALITIES
THROUGH MID-YEAR

BY CIRCUMSTANCE BY FIREARM TYPE

Domestic disturbance 9 Handgun 15

Disturbance call 6 Unknown 12

Attempting arrest 3 Rifle 4
Burglary/Robbery Officers
in-progress call 3 2
weapon
Investigating suspicious
2
persons/activities
Serving Felony warrant 2

Ambush
Traffic enforcement
Handling and/or transporting
custody of prisoners
2 BY MONTH
2
5 April 1
2 January

Tactical 1 2
February 5 May
Mistaken identity
of officer as suspect 1
March 8 June 12

BY DECADE*

1970s 63 1980s 44 1990s 35 2000s 29 2010s 26 2020 28

*Average gun fire fatalities per decade

Note: Mid-Year is from January 1 through June 30

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 TRAFFIC-RELATED
31
FATALITIES
Thirty-one officers were killed in traffic-related
incidents during the first half of 2022, compared to
34 over the same period last year, a 9% decrease.
While overall traffic-related fatalities are down,
crashes increased. Of the 31 traffic-related
fatalities, 19 were automobile crashes and 1 was a
motorcycle crash. During the same time period last
year, 13 officers were killed in automobile crashes
and 3 died in motorcycle crashes. The 20 total
crashes in 2022 to date represent a 25% increase
compared to 16 in the same time period in 2021.
Struck-by incidents, where an officer was hit by
a vehicle while outside of their patrol vehicle,
were the second-leading cause of traffic- related
fatalities. Many of these fatal struck-by crashes
occurred while officers were investigating motor
vehicle crashes or assisting motorists on the side
of the road. Eleven struck-by fatalities occurred
during the first half of the year, versus eighteen
during the same period last year, representing a
39% decrease.
Compared to the average number of traffic-
related fatalities per decade, 2022 remains higher
than the past 10-year average (2010 – 2019).
In the prior decade, 27 officers were killed on
average in the first half of a given year.

TRAFFIC-RELATED FATALITIES
THROUGH MID-YEAR

BY CIRCUMSTANCE BY DECADE*

Automobile crash
1970s 27 2000s 33
2021 9
2022 14 1980s 30 2010s 27

Single vehicle Motorcyle crash 1990s 29 2020s 30

2021 4 2021 3
*Average per decade
2022 5 2022 1

Struck outside vehicle

2021 18
2022 11

Note: Mid-Year is from January 1 through June 30

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OFFICERS FALLEN: TRAFFIC-RELATED

Deputy Sheriff Police Officer

J’Mar Colin Abel Tyler Lenehan
Chambers County, Alabama S.O. Elk Grove, California, P.D.
EOW: JUNE 20, 2022 EOW: JANUARY 21, 2022

Deputy Sheriff Abel was killed Police Officer Lenehan was killed
in a single-vehicle crash as in a motorcycle crash when his
he assisted another police department issued motorcycle
department during a vehicle was hit head-on by an impaired
pursuit. His patrol vehicle left driver traveling in the wrong
the roadway, struck a ditch and direction. Officer Lenehan was
overturned. Deputy Abel was enroute to his work shift in full
transported to the hospital where uniform and fully marked police
he succumbed to his injuries. vehicle.

Deputy Constable Master Trooper

Jennifer Chavis John Sumter Horton
Harris County, Texas, C.O. Precinct 7 North Carolina Highway Patrol
EOW: MAY 24, 2021 EOW: JANUARY 3, 2022

Deputy Constable Chavis died in Master Trooper Horton was

a vehicle crash when her patrol
car was struck from behind by an
impaired driver. Deputy Chavis had
responded to a call concerning an
impaired driver who had fled the
scene of an accident. Deputy Chavis
died at the scene. The suspect was
taken into custody and charged
with Intoxication Manslaughter of a
Peace Officer.
struck and killed during a traffic
enforcement stop. Another
trooper responded to the scene,
lost control of the vehicle and
struck the officer and the detained
subject from the initial traffic stop.
Trooper Horton was transported to
the hospital where he succumbed
to his injuries. The subject
detained during the stop was also
killed.

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 OTHER CAUSES
65
AND FATALITIES
The single largest category of officer fatalities in
this report is the Other category, which contains
a wide variety of health-related deaths and other
line-of-duty fatalities. Sixty-five officers are listed
in the Other category.
In the first half of 2022, the largest sub-section
of the Other category is Covid-19-related
fatalities, where 54 officers have succumbed to
complications from the disease so far this year.
Preliminary information suggests that each of
these officers has died as a direct result of their
exposure while conducting official duties.
Eleven additional officers died of other causes
during the first half of 2022, compared to 28
similar fatalities last year during this same
period. Eight officers died from health-related
illnesses, such as heart attacks and strokes,
while the remaining three officers died as a
result of a falling object, fire incident, and an
aircraft crash.

OTHER CAUSES OF FATALITIES

THROUGH MID-YEAR

BY CIRCUMSTANCE BY DECADE

COVID-19 1970s 23

54 1980s 19

Physical-related 8 1990s 19
Falling object 1
2000s 18
Fire incident 1

Aircraft crash 1 2010s 29

2020 99

Note: Mid-Year is from January 1 through June 30

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OFFICERS FALLEN: OTHER CAUSES

Detective Sergeant
Justin Michael Terry Barbara Majors Fenley
Las Vegas Metropolitan, Nevada, P.D. Eastland County, Texas, S.O.
EOW: JUNE 10, 2022 EOW: MARCH 17, 2022
Detective Terry was killed after a Sergeant Fenley was killed
truck carrying an oversized load while trying to evacuate
struck a steel beam near a bridge residents during the Eastland
construction site, causing the beam Complex Fires
to collapse onto his unmarked
patrol vehicle.

Police Officer Police Officer

Brian Romel Shields Nicholas Vella
Aurora, Illinois, P.D. Huntington Beach, California, P.D
EOW: JANUARY 11, 2022 EOW: FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Police Officer Shields contracted Police Officer Vella was killed

Covid-19 during the commission in a police helicopter crash
of his job duties and succumbed while providing aerial assistance
to complications of Covid-19 on to the Newport Beach Police
January 11, 2022. Department at the scene of a
fight call. Officer Vella and his
partner were transported to the
hospital where he succumbed to
his injuries.

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 COVID-19-RELATED
54
DEATHS
Of the 129 confirmed law enforcement line- of-
duty deaths from January 1, 2022 – June 30,
2022, Covid-19-related fatalities were the leading
cause of law enforcement deaths. Fifty-four
officers succumbed to the disease in the first half
of 2022, as compared to 98 officers during the
same period in 2021. Although this represents
a 45% decrease from last year, Covid-19-
related fatalities remain a major concern for law
enforcement agencies nationwide.
Preliminary reports submitted to the National
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund show
the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continues to
claim more law enforcement lives than any single
category in this report.
To date, 54 Covid-19-related fatalities have been
identified. In order to properly identify these
cases, NLEOMF continues to work with federal,
state, tribal and local agencies to determine
if officers were exposed to individuals with
Covid-19 while they were performing in their
official law enforcement capacity. If such officers
were exposed to the virus and succumbed to its
effects, they will then be included in the “Other”
category of line-of-duty deaths and officially
counted as law enforcement fatalities.
Law enforcement officers and first line
responders across the country continue to be
exposed to this invisible nemesis. However,
the number of Covid-19 related line-of-duty
deaths does appear to be trending downward.
As of June 30, 2022, the 54 Covid-19-related law
enforcement deaths under review are listed on
the next page by state.

Covid-19-Related Law
45% Enforcement Fatalities have
Down 45% from Last Year.

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 2022 COVID-19 FATALITIES BY STATE
THROUGH MID-YEAR

ME
0

WI VT NH
0 0 0

WA ID MT ND MN IL MI NY MA
0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0

OR NV WY SD IA IN OH PA NJ CT RI
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0

CA UT CO NE MO KY WV VA MD DE
2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0

AZ NM KS AR TN NC SC
1 1 0 1 3 2 0

OK LA MS AL GA DC
4 0 0 5 1 0

HI AK TX FL
0 0 14 0
FED
3
U.S.
TOTAL = 54 TERR
0

29 States and DC had zero

Number of Fatalities: 7+ 4-6 1-3 0 COVID-19-related fatalities

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 DEMOGRAPHICS
OF FATALITIES
In the first half of 2022, 25 officers from the state Looking at gender, 117 fallen officers were male
of Texas and 10 officers from the state of California and 12 were female. The average age of the fallen
were killed in the line of duty. Eight officers from officers was 45 years, with an average of 15 years
Alabama, six officers each from the states of New of service. On average, each fallen officer left
York and Tennessee, five from Missouri, and six behind two children.
Federal officers all died as well. Eighteen states,
the District of Columbia, and U.S. Territories did
not lose an officer in the first half of the year.

FATALITIES BY STATE
THROUGH MID-YEAR ME
0

WI VT NH
0 0 0

WA ID MT ND MN IL MI NY MA
3 0 0 0 0 4 3 6 1

OR NV WY SD IA IN OH PA NJ CT RI
0 2 0 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 0

CA UT CO NE MO KY WV VA MD DE
10 0 0 0 5 3 1 3 2 0

AZ NM KS AR TN NC SC FED
2 2 0 3 6 4 2 6
DC
0 U.S.
OK LA MS AL GA
4 1 2 8 3 TERR
0
HI AK TX FL TRIBAL
0 0 25 3 1

18 States and DC
Number of Fatalities: 16+ 11-15 7-10 4-6 1-3 0 had zero fatalities

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 FATALITIES BY DEMOGRAPHIC
THROUGH MID-YEAR

GENDER AGE

Male 117 Youngest 21

Female 12 Average 45

Oldest 70

TOUR OF DUTY LENGTH NUMBER OF CHILDREN

Shortest 1 months Least 0

Average 15 years Average 2

Longest 42 years Most 11

JURISDICTION

City
53

Sheriff 41
Municipal/County PD 6

State/Tpr/Hwy Patrol 19

Federal 6

University 3

Tribal 1

Territorial 0

Note: Mid-Year is from January 1 through June 30

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 NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS MEMORIAL
HONOR, RESPECT, REMEMBER
OFFICIAL NAMES FROM JANUARY 1, 2022 – JUNE 30, 2022
A place of honor, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial features the names of the
Official Line-of-Duty Fallen Heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Here, you may search for
those who have been so honored — those whose names are engraved on the Memorial wall to be
remembered and revered forever.

Since 1786, more than 23,000 law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty. The National
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ensures that those who gave their lives to protect and serve
their communities are remembered for generations to come, while providing a place where
survivors can spend a quiet moment paying tribute to their loved ones.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, the foremost organization that
memorializes law enforcement heroes who die in the line of duty, offers an official monthly
announcement sharing the number of fallen who have been through our stringent review process.
As of June 30, 2022, 95 officers, both recent and historical, have been designated as Official Line-of-
Duty Fallen Heroes and will be added to the Memorial in the Spring of 2023.

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