A total of 45 officers have been feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2017, according to unofficial FBI data updated earlier this month. That number tracks closely to other counts from independent sites and marks a significant downturn from 2016, when a total of 66 officers were feloniously killed. At a ceremony for fallen officers in May, Trump cited violence against police in 2016 as evidence of an emerging crisis for law enforcement. “We are living through an era in which our police have been subject to unfair defamation and vilification, and even worse … hostility and violence,” Trump said. Four officers were killed in ambush attacks in 2017, according to the FBI.

Source: Huffington Post December 28, 2017 23:15 UTC