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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 86

  • 9/11 related illness 1
  • Aircraft accident 2
  • Assault 2
  • Automobile crash 7
  • Duty related illness 1
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 54
  • Heart attack 5
  • Motorcycle crash 3
  • Struck by vehicle 4
  • Train accident 2
  • Vehicle pursuit 1
  • Vehicular assault 3

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 4
  • Arizona 1
  • Arkansas 2
  • California 5
  • Colorado 1
  • District of Columbia 1
  • Florida 3
  • Georgia 1
  • Illinois 5
  • Indiana 1
  • Iowa 3
  • Kentucky 7
  • Louisiana 1
  • Michigan 3
  • New York 4
  • North Carolina 2
  • North Dakota 1
  • Ohio 1
  • Oklahoma 5
  • Oregon 1
  • Pennsylvania 1
  • Puerto Rico 1
  • Railroad Police 3
  • Rhode Island 2
  • South Carolina 1
  • Tennessee 3
  • Texas 13
  • U.S. Government 8
  • Utah 1
  • Washington 1

Sheriff Max L. Taylor

Bowman County Sheriff's Office, ND

EOW: Thursday, June 30, 1960

Cause: Struck by vehicle