Table 69
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment and Percent Distribution,1 2013
Circumstance | Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
2-Officer vehicle | 1-Officer vehicle | Detective/special assignment | Other | ||||||||||
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Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | |||||||||||
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Number of victim officers | 49,851 | 100.0 | 8,620 | 17.3 | 12,180 | 24.4 | 19,110 | 38.3 | 615 | 1.2 | 1,575 | 3.2 | 1,978 | 4.0 | 5,773 | 11.6 |
Disturbance call | 15,531 | 100.0 | 2,883 | 18.6 | 3,844 | 24.8 | 7,133 | 45.9 | 121 | 0.8 | 231 | 1.5 | 346 | 2.2 | 973 | 6.3 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 791 | 100.0 | 147 | 18.6 | 228 | 28.8 | 335 | 42.4 | 11 | 1.4 | 28 | 3.5 | 10 | 1.3 | 32 | 4.0 |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 445 | 100.0 | 100 | 22.5 | 106 | 23.8 | 162 | 36.4 | 7 | 1.6 | 23 | 5.2 | 15 | 3.4 | 32 | 7.2 |
Attempting other arrest | 8,107 | 100.0 | 1,445 | 17.8 | 1,977 | 24.4 | 3,189 | 39.3 | 109 | 1.3 | 422 | 5.2 | 214 | 2.6 | 751 | 9.3 |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 506 | 100.0 | 98 | 19.4 | 114 | 22.5 | 149 | 29.4 | 11 | 2.2 | 11 | 2.2 | 32 | 6.3 | 91 | 18.0 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | 6,397 | 100.0 | 649 | 10.1 | 1,092 | 17.1 | 1,884 | 29.5 | 54 | 0.8 | 114 | 1.8 | 512 | 8.0 | 2,092 | 32.7 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | 4,691 | 100.0 | 937 | 20.0 | 1,255 | 26.8 | 1,793 | 38.2 | 67 | 1.4 | 208 | 4.4 | 129 | 2.7 | 302 | 6.4 |
Ambush situation | 234 | 100.0 | 60 | 25.6 | 51 | 21.8 | 43 | 18.4 | 3 | 1.3 | 17 | 7.3 | 20 | 8.5 | 40 | 17.1 |
Handling person with mental illness | 1,319 | 100.0 | 188 | 14.3 | 251 | 19.0 | 663 | 50.3 | 14 | 1.1 | 27 | 2.0 | 47 | 3.6 | 129 | 9.8 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | 4,335 | 100.0 | 944 | 21.8 | 1,310 | 30.2 | 1,699 | 39.2 | 51 | 1.2 | 133 | 3.1 | 42 | 1.0 | 156 | 3.6 |
All other | 7,495 | 100.0 | 1,169 | 15.6 | 1,952 | 26.0 | 2,060 | 27.5 | 167 | 2.2 | 361 | 4.8 | 611 | 8.2 | 1,175 | 15.7 |
- 1Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.