Search the Definitions. n. the death of a human being as the result of a wrongful act of another person. Such wrongful acts include: negligence (like careless driving), an inten- tional attack such as assault and/or battery, a death in the course of another crime, vehicular manslaughter, manslaughter or murder.
And salaries for officers in an urban area are normally higher than those in a rural area, he said. Location can factor into salary amounts. The average police and sheriff's patrol officer wage in Maryland, $59,880, is very close to the national number. But the average wage for that profession drops to an average of $51,900 in Virginia and $49,640 in the Salisbury area, the Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.
The BLS reported that police and sheriff's patrol officer employment levels were highest in the states of California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois in May 2014. Average earnings in these locations were $87,520, $53,940, $72,310, $57,650 and $68,500, respectively.