{"id":4799,"date":"2021-10-21T10:24:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T17:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2021-10-21T10:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T17:35:35","slug":"the-war-on-cops-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4799","title":{"rendered":"The War on Cops Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Violence against police officers has accelerated over the past several years.\u00a0 Rick Sobey of the Boston Herald <a href=\"https:\/\/www.police1.com\/officer-safety\/articles\/51-more-officers-have-been-murdered-in-2021-so-far-fbi-says-yb1xsA1UPO8H7pIh\/\">reports<\/a> that so far this year, 59 police officers have been murdered in the line of duty, a 51% increase from over the same period in 2020.\u00a0 For all of last year, 46 police officers were murdered.\u00a0 Most of the officers were killed while responding to domestic calls (29.6%), while over 16% died while attempting an arrest and 8.4% died during traffic stops or pursuits. \u00a0 FBI data indicate that murders of police over the first three quarters of 2021 are more than for the four full years since 2016, and are on pace to exceed the 72 officers murdered in 2011.\u00a0 The FBI Special Agent in Charge in Boston told reporters, &#8220;the percent of unprovoked attacks (on officers) has significantly risen&#8230;The unprovoked attacks, combined with pursuits, tactical situations and ambushes, have been the cause for 74% of the felonious deaths so far this year.\u00a0 In 2020, those four circumstances represented 28% of the deaths.&#8221;\u00a0 More than 60,000 officers were assaulted last year which is over 4,000 more assaults than in 2019.\u00a0 Of that number 18,568 were injured.\u00a0 Protecting the public with a target on your back is increasingly dangerous for those willing to risk their lives on our behalf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Violence against police officers has accelerated over the past several years.\u00a0 Rick Sobey of the Boston Herald reports that so far this year, 59 police officers have been murdered in the line of duty, a 51% increase from over the same period in 2020.\u00a0 For all of last year, 46 police officers were murdered.\u00a0 Most of the officers were killed while responding to domestic calls (29.6%), while over 16% died while attempting an arrest and 8.4% died during traffic stops or pursuits. \u00a0 FBI data indicate that murders of police over the first three quarters of 2021 are more than for the four full years since 2016, and are on pace to exceed the 72 officers murdered in 2011.\u00a0 The FBI Special Agent in Charge in Boston told reporters, &#8220;the percent of unprovoked attacks (on officers) has significantly risen&#8230;The unprovoked attacks, combined with pursuits, tactical situations and ambushes, have been the cause for 74% of the felonious deaths so far this year.\u00a0 In 2020, those four circumstances represented 28% of the deaths.&#8221;\u00a0 More than 60,000 officers were assaulted last year which is over 4,000 more assaults than in 2019.\u00a0 Of that number 18,568 were injured.\u00a0 Protecting the public with a target on your back is increasingly dangerous for those willing to risk their lives on our behalf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-scan","category-policing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The War on Cops Continues - Crime &amp; 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