Being a police officer can be rewarding, but is also risky. The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) released stats of officers shot and killed in the line of duty.
“It’s a challenge for us because it’s dangerous,” Joe Regan, the president of the Pennsylvania FOP, said.
25 officers were shot in Pennsylvania in 2023. Five of them were killed by their attackers.
“Five was way too many,” Regan said.
That’s the highest number of officers killed in any state for 2023.
The stats show that 378 officers were shot last year in the United States. That resulted in 46 being killed by gunfire.