A new report says police fatality rates in Indiana are rising.
Craig Floyd from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund says it’s a trend seen across the country.
In Indiana this year, five officers gave the ultimate sacrifice, while last year there was only one line-of-duty death.
Two of the officers who died this year were shot and killed by suspects, while another was killed in an auto crash.
Floyd says firearm-related deaths among officers are up 15-percent from last year.
He urges lawmakers to enforce harsher sentences for repeat violent offenders and funding for safety equipment, before police fatality rates grow higher.
