Approximately what percent of officers killed on duty in 2012 were responding to domestic calls?

• A. 3%
• B. 5%
• C. 7%
• D. 10%

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is recognizing how risk is distributed among different duty scenarios. Domestic disturbance responses are highly dangerous because officers step into volatile, potentially armed situations inside homes, where dynamic emotions and uncooperative suspects can rapidly escalate risk. Yet the data for 2012 show that officers killed in the line of duty while responding to domestic calls accounted for about five percent of total on-duty fatalities. This means domestic calls are a significant safety concern, but they represent a relatively small slice of overall fatalities compared with other high-risk situations. This helps explain why training emphasizes careful risk assessment and deployment tactics for domestic calls, alongside other common danger zones.