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Table 70
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Type of Weapon and Percent Injured, 2003–2012
Year | Total |
Percent injured |
Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Other dangerous weapon |
Personal weapons |
Number of reporting agencies |
Population covered |
Number of officers employed |
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Total |
Percent injured |
Total |
Percent injured |
Total |
Percent injured |
Total |
Percent injured |
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Number of victim officers | 581,239 | 26.9 | 21,379 | 9.3 | 10,007 | 12.7 | 81,549 | 23.8 | 468,304 | 28.5 | |||
2003 | 58,600 | 28.2 | 1,879 | 10.7 | 1,084 | 13.4 | 8,180 | 25.4 | 47,457 | 29.7 | 10,539 | 225,769,768 | 501,738 |
2004 | 59,692 | 27.8 | 2,114 | 9.0 | 1,123 | 12.8 | 8,645 | 25.6 | 47,810 | 29.4 | 10,589 | 226,273,199 | 501,462 |
2005 | 57,820 | 27.4 | 2,157 | 8.7 | 1,059 | 11.5 | 8,379 | 24.6 | 46,225 | 29.1 | 10,119 | 222,873,755 | 489,393 |
2006 | 59,396 | 26.7 | 2,290 | 9.5 | 1,055 | 12.7 | 8,611 | 23.6 | 47,440 | 28.4 | 10,596 | 227,360,586 | 504,147 |
2007 | 61,257 | 25.9 | 2,216 | 8.7 | 1,028 | 10.5 | 8,692 | 22.2 | 49,321 | 27.6 | 10,973 | 234,734,286 | 523,944 |
2008 | 61,087 | 26.0 | 2,292 | 8.3 | 958 | 13.0 | 8,466 | 22.8 | 49,371 | 27.7 | 10,835 | 238,730,830 | 541,906 |
2009 | 58,364 | 26.0 | 2,007 | 8.1 | 886 | 12.4 | 7,966 | 23.5 | 47,505 | 27.4 | 11,691 | 245,925,716 | 560,387 |
2010 | 56,491 | 26.5 | 1,925 | 11.1 | 918 | 12.1 | 7,413 | 23.8 | 46,235 | 27.8 | 11,826 | 248,726,641 | 557,884 |
2011 | 55,631 | 26.6 | 2,240 | 9.0 | 1,003 | 15.0 | 7,856 | 22.4 | 44,532 | 28.5 | 12,031 | 254,534,862 | 539,282 |
2012 | 52,901 | 27.7 | 2,259 | 9.8 | 893 | 13.2 | 7,341 | 23.9 | 42,408 | 29.7 | 11,759 | 247,772,900 | 520,047 |
- NOTE: Assault figures published in prior years' editions of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted have been updated for inclusion in this table.