Actually in both 2018 and 2019 it was shootings. In 2020 it switched to covid and that was the main cause of death thru 2022...
2018
The
Officer Down Memorial Page reports 150 deaths in the line of duty.
[22] The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 144 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. The FBI, however, reported 106 deaths in the line of duty.
[23] Firearms-related fatalities were the leading cause of officer deaths for the year.[24]
The
Officer Down Memorial Page reports 150 deaths in the line of duty.
[25] The leading cause of death for 2019 was gunfire at 49 deaths followed by 9/11-related cancers at 24 deaths. The state with the highest number of line-of-duty deaths was New York with 25 followed by Texas with 18." (NY= 9-11 cancers)
The
Officer Down Memorial Page reports 436 deaths in the line of duty.
[26] The leading cause of death for 2020 was COVID-19 at 281 deaths followed by gunfire at 46 deaths and 9/11-related cancers with 35 deaths. The state with the largest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 78 followed by New York with 43.
The
Officer Down Memorial Page reports 633 deaths in the line of duty.
[27] The leading cause of death for 2021 was COVID-19 at 454 deaths followed by gunfire at 64 deaths. Fifty-eight officers died in vehicle-related deaths (vehicular homicide, struck by vehicle while on-duty, automobile crash during pursuit). The state with the highest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 107 followed by Florida with 60.
The
Officer Down Memorial Page reports 230 deaths in the line of duty.
[28] The leading cause of death for 2022 was COVID-19 at 74 deaths followed by gunfire at 60 deaths. The state with the highest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 32."
Anymore nonsensical claims regarding covid you want to make? And I notice you totally ignored my question as to why big gun-rights, MAGA states like FL and Texas have more officers shot than anywhere else?