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Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2012

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Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons
Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion
Number of victim officers	52,901	100.0	2,259	4.3	893	1.7	7,341	13.9	42,408	80.2
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	13,244	100.0	839	6.3	246	1.9	1,879	14.2	10,280	77.6
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999)	7,565	100.0	245	3.2	98	1.3	982	13.0	6,240	82.5
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999)	5,781	100.0	181	3.1	100	1.7	722	12.5	4,778	82.7
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999)	4,355	100.0	151	3.5	91	2.1	534	12.3	3,579	82.2
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999)	3,772	100.0	122	3.2	61	1.6	481	12.8	3,108	82.4
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	3,651	100.0	79	2.2	67	1.8	452	12.4	3,053	83.6
Metropolitan counties	12,652	100.0	538	4.3	183	1.4	1,940	15.3	9,991	79.0
Nonmetropolitan counties	1,881	100.0	104	5.5	47	2.5	351	18.7	1,379	73.3

¹Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.