The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) has issued a report saying firearms-related deaths of police officers have spiked nearly 80% in 2016 over the same period in 2015. The report covers the period from Jan. 1 through July 20.
NLEOMF says there have been 32 firearms-related deaths of officers in 2016, an increase of 78 percent over the 18 during the same period in 2015. The 32 firearms-related deaths in 2016 includes 14 officers who were killed in ambushes, an increase of more than 300% for the same period in 2015. In the last month five officers were killed in an ambush in Dallas and another three officers were ambushed and murdered in Baton Rouge, LA.
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