More Police Officers Have Died On The Job So Far This Year Than In 2020. Why?

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The rate of on-the-job fatalities for police is higher this year than it was at this time in 2020, according to an organization that tracks law enforcement deaths.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund reports that as of Monday, June 21, a total of 151 total deaths were recorded -- an 11% jump from last year. The NLEOMF tracks federal, state, military, tribal and local law enforcement officers deaths.

This is compared to Jan. 1 to June 21, 2020 when the organization recorded 136 police officers who died in the line of duty.

On Monday, 19-year Arvada police veteran Gordon Beesley marked another loss for the law enforcement community. Beesley was killed along with two other people during a shooting at a downtown shopping district of the city of Arvada, Colo., authorities said. The NLEOMF numbers do not yet include his death.

He is the fourth Colorado police officer to die on the job this year.