‘Encouraging downward trend’: Law-enforcement deaths hit 80-year low in 2025

(The Center Square) – Police deaths on the job fell 25% in 2025 to 111, an 80-year low not seen since World War II.

The number of law enforcement professionals nationwide who died in 2025 declined by a quarter compared to the same time period last year, according to preliminary data provided by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

The NLEOMF data shows that 111 federal, state, county, municipal, and U.S. Territories officers died in the line of duty in 2025. That’s...