FBI: 56 Police Officers Slain in 2010
Fifty-six U.S. law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2010, according to preliminary statistics released on Monday by the FBI.
The total is eight more than the 48 officers slain in 2009.
Twenty-two officers were killed in the south, 18 in the west, 10 in the midwest, three in the northeast, and three in Puerto Rico.