by New Right Network News Staff at New Right Network
Thirty-four officers were shot while on duty in Jan. 2023, a 113% increase from this time in 2020, the National Fraternal Order of Police reported on Monday.
Last year, 331 police officers were shot and 62 killed on duty, according to the report, a substantial increase from four years prior when 237 officers were shot and 53 killed.
Of those shot last month, nine were shot in ambush-style attacks, the report states. Ambush attacks are when an officer is surprised by gunfire without any warning or way of defending themselves.
There were 88 ambush-style attacks on police officers last year, according to a statement released at the end of 2022 by the President of the Fraternal Order of Police Patrick Yoes. The attacks left 125 officers shot and 31 dead.
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