The number of cops shot and killed in the line of duty across the United States this year has hit a new high.
Following anti-law enforcement riots and the start of the “Defund the Police” movement in 2020, new data shows that 60 US police officers have been shot and died in the line of duty since the beginning of the year.
According to the FOP’s latest figures, Fifty-eight police officers have been killed on the job as of Nov. 30 — up from the 47 killed in all of 2020; the report includes law enforcement and correctional officers at the federal, state, and local levels.
Last year, law enforcement officers died from a variety of causes, including car accidents, heart attacks, and gunshot wounds. However, Covid-19 killed more officers than all other causes combined, accounting for 145 of the 264 deaths.
However, since 2020, Ambush attacks on officers have increased nearly 130 percent.
According to ODMP data, three police officers have been killed in the first four days of December. Madison “Skip” Nicholson, a reserve police deputy, was killed in gunfire in Wilcox County, Alabama on December 1.
Likewise, in Mesquite, Texas, police officer Richard Houston, II was shot and killed in gunfire on December 3 while St. Louis County, Missouri, detective Antonio Valentine was killed in a vehicle pursuit on December 1.
The increase in shootings and killings of police officers this year comes after 2020 was marked with a string of anti-law enforcement riots and the start of the “Defund the Police” movement as a result of the death of George Floyd.
Bail reform measures, where cash bail has been abolished in favor of immediate jail release for suspects charged in crimes, across New York, California, and Illinois have dramatically increased the number of repeat violent criminals who are back on the streets within hours of committing crimes.
In Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed legislation this year that bans police officers from using deadly force against suspects committing property crimes and bans cash bail across the state by January 2023, among other things.
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Sources: Breitbart, Odmp.org, Newsnetdaily, Jmijustice.org