article_snippet: Two law enforcement officers, one in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and another in San Jose, California, were shot and killed in encounters with suspects Tuesday.
article_snippet: The number of law enforcement officers shot to death in the line of duty rose more than 50% last year, according to the Washington-based National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
article_snippet: The last officer killed in the line of duty, Jeffrey Fontana, was in the same academy graduating class, San Jose police Chief Larry Esquivel said.
article_snippet: A total of 1,501 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty between 2004 and 2013 --
article_snippet: an average of one death every 58 hours, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
highlights_snippet: San Jose police officer is killed while responding to a report of a suicidal man .
  