It's Not Just Dallas or Baton Rouge — Police Officers Have Been Killed Across the Country
July 17, 2016
Between the two attacks against police in Dallas and Baton Rouge, law enforcement officers from Georgia to Michigan were shot in incidents that drew far less attention but have added to the growing sense that it’s a dangerous time to be a cop.
When five police officers were killed and nine wounded in an attack during a protest march in Dallas on July 7, it rattled the nation.
Ten days later, three officers were killed and three injured in Baton Rouge, La., as they were responding to a call about a suspicious person with an assault rifle.
Between the two attacks, law enforcement officers from Georgia to Michigan were shot in incidents that drew far less attention but have added to the growing sense that it’s a dangerous time to be a cop.
With the Dallas shootings, 31 law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty so far this year, compared with 18 officers who had died at this point in 2015, according the statistics from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
Nick Breul, director of research for the memorial fund and a former Washington, D.C., police officer, said that there have also been a number of surprise attacks targeting and killing police officers.“As we see increases, it becomes very concerning, particularly when you see increases in the cases of the nature of Dallas,” Breul said.
“Certainly there is a climate now -- and the Dallas case indicates that there is a climate now -- that certainly should have police on guard,” he added.
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