 It's 442 now, and a new report shows that more police are losing their lives while they're on duty this year. We get those details from WTOP's Luke Lukert. Conditions for the men and women out there protecting us are increasingly dangerous in every single year, certainly over the last many years. In total, the number of officers killed in the U.S. went up by 15% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same time last year. Traffic fatalities are a really big jump, about 130% jump.