Table 33

Criminal Justice Information Services Division

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 2003–2012

Circumstance		Total	Total firearms	Handgun	Rifle	Shotgun	Type of firearm not reported	Knife or other cutting instrument	Bomb	Blunt instrument	Personal weapons	Vehicle
Number of victim officers	Total	535	493	360	92	38	3	3	2	1	3	33
Disturbance call	Total	64	62	43	13	6	0	0	0	1	1	0
	Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.)	31	31	21	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.)	33	31	22	5	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
Arrest situation	Total	124	119	106	7	5	1	1	0	0	1	3
	Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect	12	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect	44	43	40	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Drug-related matter	8	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Attempting other arrest	60	57	49	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	Total	14	13	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	Total	60	58	48	6	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
Ambush situation	Total	115	115	56	44	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Entrapment/premeditation	41	41	16	18	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Unprovoked attack	74	74	40	26	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.)	Total	13	11	9	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Handling person with mental illness	Total	6	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Traffic pursuit/stop	Total	96	68	58	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	28
	Felony vehicle stop	34	13	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	21
	Traffic violation stop	62	55	51	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	7
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.)	Total	43	42	22	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	1

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