In the first month of 2022, at least 24 law enforcement officers in the US were shot, including three officers killed while on duty, and an off-duty officer who was fatally shot during an attempted robbery, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
Last year also marked one of the deadliest years for US law enforcement in modern history. For the second year in a row, the leading cause of death among law enforcement officers was Covid-19, which killed 301 officers in 2021, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Museum.
