Record Number of Police Officers Killed in Line of Duty in 2021

The body of Chicago Police officer Ella French is carried into the St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel on Aug. 19, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images)

By    |   Tuesday, 04 January 2022 07:26 AM EST ET

After a record number of their fellow police officers died in the line of duty in 2021, law enforcement officers say they fear the ongoing vilification of cops, combined with so-called criminal justice reforms, will likely produce a similar grim result this year.

There were 484 line-of-duty deaths in the past 12 months, according to The Officer Down Memorial Page, which tracks all reported officer deaths. The causes vary, and a majority of fatalities, 325, were linked to COVID-19.

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