Data Show 283 Police Officers Shot, 44 Killed in US This Year

File photo of a Chicago Police Department officer wearing a mourning band on his badge following the death of a colleague, in Des Plaines, Ill., on Nov. 26, 2018. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Statistics from the nation’s largest police union show that 283 law enforcement officers have been shot so far this year, and 44 of them have been killed.

The figures, through Nov. 30, represent a 7 percent increase in the number of officers shot compared to the same period in 2019, and a 28 percent jump compared to 2018, the Fraternal Order of Police said in a statement on Dec. 1.