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Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2012

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Circumstance	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons
Circumstance	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
Disturbance call	17,205	100.0	753	4.4	380	2.2	1,692	9.8	14,380	83.6
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect	760	100.0	42	5.5	11	1.4	139	18.3	568	74.7
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect	463	100.0	100	21.6	13	2.8	80	17.3	270	58.3
Attempting other arrest	8,057	100.0	207	2.6	109	1.4	843	10.5	6,898	85.6
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	722	100.0	7	1.0	3	0.4	193	26.7	519	71.9
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	7,173	100.0	64	0.9	35	0.5	605	8.4	6,469	90.2
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	4,915	100.0	307	6.2	101	2.1	674	13.7	3,833	78.0
Ambush situation	267	100.0	104	39.0	12	4.5	48	18.0	103	38.6
Handling person with mental illness	1,353	100.0	80	5.9	82	6.1	163	12.0	1,028	76.0
Traffic pursuit/stop	4,450	100.0	280	6.3	34	0.8	1,548	34.8	2,588	58.2
All other	7,536	100.0	315	4.2	113	1.5	1,356	18.0	5,752	76.3

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