I wonder how much of the lower death toll is due to better body armor and/or medical care.
Let’s see the stats on attacks/shootings before we decide on whether or not rates are up.
I brought that up as a complicating factor. However, I think the fact that we are looking at raw numbers rather than population-adjusted rates probably counteracts the statistical effect of higher survival rates.
It's probably impossible to get the numbers that allow us to determine whether "intentional attacks on LEOs as LEOs" are increasing or decreasing. That would have to exclude all accidents/illness and all attacks that were personal or random, rather than professional and targeted, while including attacks, including vehicular attacks, that did not result in death or significant injury.