Ambush-style killings of police have increased by a staggering 300 percent since last year, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF).

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"Firearms-related fatalities (32) spiked 78 percent in the first half of this year from 18 during the same period last year. Of particular concern, ambush-style killings of law enforcement officers have dramatically increased more than 300 percent from the same period in 2015," said a report from the group.

"Fourteen officers were shot and killed in ambushes, seven officers were killed stopping a suspicious person and five officers were killed while executing a tactical arrest or high-risk warrants" it added.

NLEOMF stated that out of 32 police officers feloniously killed in the line of duty, 13 alone were from Texas, and seven were from Louisiana.

Just this month, five officers and deputies were killed in Dallas and three in Baton Rouge in high-profile incidents that followed the videoed shooting deaths of black men by police.

Traffic-related incidents were the second leading cause of police fatalities, with 24 deaths since the start of the year. This constitutes a 17 percent decrease over the same period in 2015.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund is a private non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.