--- description: According to a report by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 50 officers were killed by firearms in 2014 title: U.S. Police Deaths Rise 24% in 2014 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta17a5ad63b6bafd6/698777b2a988ca0d846aba8d/rtr4jdg4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Number of Police Officers Killed by Firearms Jumped by 56% in 2014 by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 31, 2014 8:38 AM CUT  Police salute during the playing of the U.S. national anthem outside the Christ Tabernacle Church in New York City at the start of the funeral service for slain New York Police Department officer Rafael Ramos on Dec. 27, 2014 Police salute during the playing of the U.S. national anthem outside the Christ Tabernacle Church in New York City at the start of the funeral service for slain New York Police Department officer Rafael Ramos on Dec. 27, 2014© Mike Segar— Reuters by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 31, 2014 8:38 AM CUT The number of U.S. law-enforcement officers killed by firearm-related incidents jumped by 56% in 2014, an annual [report](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/preliminary-2014-officer-fatalities-report.pdf "undefined") has found. According to the report, released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) on Tuesday, 50 officers were killed by firearms, up from 32 in 2013. In total, there were 126 officer fatalities throughout the year, a 24% increase from 2013 when 102 officers were killed. After firearms, traffic-related incidents were the second leading cause of officer deaths in 2014, killing 49 officers. With ambush attacks resulting in 15 deaths this year, NLEOMF chairman Craig Floyd expressed concern that antigovernment sentiment in the country was influencing individuals to carry out attacks on police officers. “Enough is enough. We need to tone down the rhetoric and rally in support of law enforcement and against lawlessness,” he said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3650881/us-police-officer-deaths/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3650881/us-police-officer-deaths/"},"headline":"The Number of Police Officers Killed by Firearms Jumped by 56% in 2014","datePublished":"2014-12-31T08:38:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:12:33.694Z","description":"Total officer deaths also rose","url":"https://time.com/3650881/us-police-officer-deaths/","keywords":["Crime","police","Law Enforcement","Guns","deaths"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta17a5ad63b6bafd6/698777b2a988ca0d846aba8d/rtr4jdg4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta17a5ad63b6bafd6/698777b2a988ca0d846aba8d/rtr4jdg4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Police salute during the playing of the U.S. National Anthem outside the Christ Tabernacle Church at the start of the funeral service for slain NYPD officer Ramos in the Queens borough of New York","caption":"Police salute during the playing of the U.S. National Anthem outside the Christ Tabernacle Church at the start of the funeral service for slain NYPD officer Ramos in the Queens borough of New York","creditText":"© Mike Segar— Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3650881/us-police-officer-deaths/","name":"The Number of Police Officers Killed by Firearms Jumped by 56% in 2014"}}]}] ```