Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 3, 1995                   TAG: 9504050030
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

76 OFFICERS KILLED IN '94 - 75 WITH GUNS

Thirty-three officers were wearing body armor when killed. Firearms were used in all but one slaying - six times, the officer's own weapon was used.

``These grave losses show again the great need to find more-effective ways to protect law enforcement officers,'' said FBI Director Louis Freeh. ``It is another wrenching example of the nation's lack of progress in the fight against crime.''

The South had the largest number of victims, 24, followed by the West, 18; the Midwest, 16; the Northeast, 11; Puerto Rico, six; and Virgin Islands, one.

Sixty-nine of the killings have been solved.

An additional 56 officers were killed in on-duty accidents, three fewer than the previous year.

The statistics are from preliminary reports by local police departments to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports program.

FBI officials could not immediately identify the weapon used against the lone officer not killed by a firearm.

Keywords:
FATALITY