Cop Killings Drop Significantly Under Trump, Data Show
Deaths of law enforcement officers in the line of duty have decreased by half in the U.S. since President Donald Trump returned to office relative to the same period in 2024, new data show. The fatalities fell by 53%…
Deaths of law enforcement officers in the line of duty have decreased by half in the U.S. since President Donald Trump returned to office relative to the same period in 2024, new data show.
The fatalities fell by 53%, with firearm killings decreasing by 21%, according to a new report the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) released Tuesday. Trump’s administration has taken credit for the numbers as indicative of a pro-police culture shift under his presidency after years of broad hostility toward law enforcement following the death of George Floyd in 2020.
Uniformed “survivors” of the law enforcement profession and their families line up for a welcome at the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service on May 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Hudson Crozier/Daily Caller News Foundation)
“This administration the backs of police across the country matters and results are starting to show it,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a Wednesday X post. “We’ve got more to do. Support good cops.”
Forty-two federal, state, county, municipal, and other U.S. officers died in the first half of 2025, compared to 89 who died in the same period last year, according to the NLEOMF. A majority of the 2025 deaths — 22 — were firearm-related killings, the group’s