Much of the feedback that was posted to the ODMP's Facebook page pointed out additional types of specialized agencies that are often overlooked, such as campus police, transit police, housing police, etc. Future articles that will appear here on the ODMP Blog will discuss the contributions and sacrifices made by officers in each of these fields.
In preparation for those articles, I thought it would be helpful to let visitors know how the ODMP classifies agencies. We came up with classification system only for statistical purposes, so we could answer common questions, such as "how many corrections officers have been killed in the line of duty?" We've done our best to fit every type of agency out there into one of 21 different classifications. But at the end of the day, whether a fallen officer wore the traditional blue uniform of a city cop, the standard brown of a deputy sheriff, or conservation green, we treat them with the equal amount of respect and honor that they so rightfully deserve.
As of October 26, 2010, here's the number of officers who have fallen in the 21 different categories of law enforcement:
| Airport, Harbor, Port, Railroad & Transit: | 265 |
| Border Protection, Customs & Immigration: | 219 |
| Capitol Police & Asset Protection: | 26 |
| Code Enforcement: | 1 |
| Commercial Vehicle Enforcement: | 11 |
| Controlled Substances Law Enforcement: | 148 |
| Corrections, Probation & Parole: | 573 |
| Court Services Law Enforcement: | 35 |
| Criminal Investigative Agencies: | 537 |
| Educational Institutions Law Enforcement: | 44 |
| Elected Constable Law Enforcement: | 262 |
| Health & Hospital Law Enforcement: | 11 |
| Highway Patrol & State Police: | 1,633 |
| Housing Law Enforcement: | 32 |
| Military & Department of Defense Law Enforcement: | 69 |
| Natural Resources & Wildlife Law Enforcement: | 284 |
| Parks, Recreation & Marine Law Enforcement: | 138 |
| Police (Municipal & County): | 11,720 |
| Sheriff (Municipal & County): | 4,057 |
| Tax & Revenue Enforcement: | 144 |
| Tribal Law Enforcement: | 91 |
Thank you for remembering and honoring the military officers.
ReplyDeleteLeanne Heggen Eckstein, Surviving wife of SA E.M. Heggen, US Army CID
I worked as a HHC Police Officer in New York City from September 17, 1987 until February 7, 1993 when I got sick with Angio Sarcoma (stage 4) and had to retire. I retired as a decorated HHC Police Officer and during the six years that I worked as an HHC Police Officer I saw rwo officers killed in the line of duty and one killed later on while I was retired. The City of New York and the Health & Hospitals Corporation does not want to recognize the department as law enforcement even though the officers are listed as New York State dertified Peace Officers under section 2.10. My reason is that the department is 75% African-American 24% Hispanic-American and about 1% is comprised of Caucasian and Asian Americans. The department is still denied the right to carry firearms simply because of racial prejudice. the City of New York claims that they don't allow HHC Police Officers to carry forearms due to confined spaces. The funny thing is that Police Officers from the NY{D Transit Burea do not unload their weapons prior to entering crowded subway trains. The City of New York lost this argument, I wonder why?
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