Corrections Officer
Melissa M. France
Oswego County Sheriff's Office, NY
End of Watch: January 17, 2022
Correctional Officer
Richard W. Newkirk
Iowa Department of Corrections, IA
End of Watch: November 3, 2021
Chief of Police
Michael E. German
Prairie City Police Department, IA
End of Watch: January 13, 2022
Detention Sergeant
Janell L. Visser
Miller County Sheriff's Office, MO
End of Watch: January 9, 2022
Police Officer
Wayne "Butch" Nowell, Jr.
Meridian Police Department, TX
End of Watch: December 29, 2021
Deputy Sheriff
Jayme Williams
Itasca County Sheriff's Office, MN
End of Watch: December 27, 2021
Corporal
John Joseph Wojciechowski
Wayne County Sheriff's Office, MI
End of Watch: December 21, 2021
Police Officer
Bart Lane Arnold
Enid Police Department, OK
End of Watch: January 3, 2022
Police Officer
Gregory M. Santangelo
Frederick Police Department, MD
End of Watch: December 28, 2021
Transfer Officer
Terry Primus
Georgia Department of Corrections, GA
End of Watch: December 16, 2021
Police Officer II
Fernando Arroyos
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
End of Watch: January 10, 2022
Deputy Sheriff
Michael Queeney
Will County Sheriff's Office, IL
End of Watch: January 8, 2022
Police Officer
Diane Gonzalez
New Haven Police Department, CT
End of Watch: January 10, 2022
Captain
Reginald Kamal Smith
Wilson Police Department, NC
End of Watch: January 7, 2022
Detention Officer
Gary Lynn Bean
Conway County Sheriff's Office, AR
End of Watch: December 30, 2021
Police Officer
Richard Lynn Tostenson
Newnan Police Department, GA
End of Watch: January 6, 2022
Police Officer
Christopher Gibson
Dallas Police Department, TX
End of Watch: January 2, 2022
Police Officer
Scott Harn
Dallas Police Department, TX
End of Watch: November 2, 2021
Sergeant
Stacy Annette Murrow
Linn County Sheriff's Office, KS
End of Watch: December 27, 2021
Sergeant
James Dement
Friendswood Police Department, TX
End of Watch: December 27, 2021
Sergeant
Wayne Stephen Weyler
Mesa County Sheriff's Office, CO
End of Watch: December 10, 2021
Detective
Hector M. Nunez
Nassau County Police Department, NY
End of Watch: December 8, 2021
Deputy Sheriff
Bernard Roberts
Columbia County Sheriff's Office, NY
End of Watch: November 7, 2021
Police Officer
Kerry Dick
Rossville Police Department, KS
End of Watch: November 29, 2021
Patrolman
Sean E. VanDenberg
Lawrence Township Police Department, OH
End of Watch: December 25, 2021
Deputy Sheriff
Bryan Vannatta
Curry County Sheriff's Office, NM
End of Watch: January 3, 2022
Police Officer
Shane Bartek
Cleveland Division of Police, OH
End of Watch: December 31, 2021
Corrections Officer
Sterling David Heinbaugh, Jr.
Franklin County Jail, PA
End of Watch: December 28, 2021
Sergeant
Jeffrey Turner
Pontotoc Police Department, MS
End of Watch: December 27, 2021
Trooper
John Sumter Horton
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
End of Watch: January 3, 2022
Sergeant
Michael Shannon McDonald
Winston-Salem Police Department, NC
End of Watch: October 22, 2021
Sergeant
Christopher Mortensen
Wilkes-Barre Police Department, PA
End of Watch: December 27, 2021
Corporal
Miguel Eladio "Mike" Sanchez
Amarillo Police Department, TX
End of Watch: December 27, 2021
Sergeant
Marlene Roberta Rittmanic
Bradley Police Department, IL
End of Watch: December 30, 2021
Deputy Sheriff
Sean Riley
Wayne County Sheriff's Office, IL
End of Watch: December 29, 2021
Lieutenant
Matthew A. Vogel
Hudson County Sheriff's Office, NJ
End of Watch: December 27, 2021
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512 Line of Duty Deaths Last Year
1,439 Line of Duty Deaths Last Five Years
2,231 Line of Duty Deaths Last Ten Years
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Seattle Police Department, WA
End of Watch: January 5, 2022
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Heflin Police Department, AL
End of Watch: January 5, 2022
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Oakland County Sheriff's Office, MI
End of Watch: August 13, 2021
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