‘Ambush-Style’ Attacks on Law Enforcement Skyrocketing in 2021: Union

Dozens of Chicago police officers and personnel walk out of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse after attending the bond hearings for two brothers charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Officer Ella French, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Chicago. French was fatally shot and her partner was critically wounded in West Englewood while in the line of duty Saturday night. Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP

The number of “ambush-style” attacks on law enforcement officers has leapt this year, a national police union says.

Data show 83 officers were shot in 67 separate ambush-style attacks between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, according to the National Fraternal Order of Police.