The FBI has released its 2018 LEOKA report, detailing the line-of-duty deaths that occurred last year. In 2018, 106 law enforcement officers were reported killed in the line of duty, with a 20% increase in felonious deaths of law enforcement officers compared to the previous year (from 46 to 55), according to the FBI's report "Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2018."
Of the 106 line-of-duty deaths in the United States in 2018, 55 officers were feloniously killed, and 51 officers died in accidents. The majority of officer deaths occurred in the South, with 26 killed by offenders and 27 accidental deaths. One officer was feloniously killed in Puerto Rico.