Circumstances surrounding felonious officer deaths in 2013. (Graphic: FBI) The Federal Bureau of Investigation released a report Monday on law enforcement officers killed and assaulted in the line of duty last year. While nearly 50,000 law enforcement officials were assaulted in 2013, only 76 were killed, most of which were the result of accidents. The report breaks down the details of felonious deaths, accidental deaths and the overwhelming number of assaults that occurred.

Twenty-seven, or a little over one-third, of the deaths of police officers in 2013 were the direct result of criminal acts, down almost half from 49 in 2012. The deaths …read more