Record-High 378 Police Officers Shot on the Job in 2023: Report

‘Many will often look at this data and just see numbers, but we MUST remember that they represent heroes—fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters.’

Police officers respond to a school threat while families gather behind police tape in Santa Ana, Calif., on March 10, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

There have been 378 police officers shot in the line of duty in 2023, marking the highest number ever recorded, according to a report from the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) published on Jan. 2.

The FOP is the largest law enforcement organization in the United States, with more than 373,000 members.