Though the number of police officers killed in the line of duty has dropped, non-fatal assaults against them have been rising since 2021, according to new data released Monday by the FBI.

Officer Kristen Yeager, 42, died in a crash while responding to an emergency call in Berks County, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

A study conducted by researchers at Seattle University and published this week in open-access journal PLOS One says that a link may exist between officers killed in the line of duty and people of ...