claim: "texas has lost the most law enforcement officers in the line of duty of any state in america."
author: charley wilkison
evidence_1: view memorials of law enforcement officers killed in a specific state or u.s.  territory. ... since 1791, there have been 23,524 known line of duty deaths in  america.
evidence_2: below is a list of the most dangerous states to be a police officer per line of duty  deaths. states with highest numbers of on-duty police deaths. texas. more  police officers in texas have lost their lives than in any other state. the first  recorded ...
evidence_3: dec 27, 2018 ... (cnn) since the year began, 47 law enforcement officers across the us have  been shot and killed in the line of duty, including a police officer ...
evidence_4: the texas ranger division, commonly called the texas rangers, is a state-wide  investigative law enforcement agency with ... the rangers have taken part in  many of the most important events of texas history, such as stopping the ..... nine  law enforcement officers had already died in confrontations with the gang.
evidence_5: the coin reminds us that we are not alone in this endeavor to enforce the law. ...  our department challenge coin contains the state of texas flag colored in ...  enforcement officers now serving in the united states, which is the highest figure  ever. ... on america; new york city has lost more officers in the line of duty than  any ...