Table 87
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms or Knives/Other Cutting Instruments
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 2013
| Circumstance | Total |
Total firearms |
Handgun | Rifle | Shotgun |
Type of firearm not reported |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 78 | 62 | 43 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| Disturbance call | Total | 21 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arrest situation | Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drug-related matter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Attempting other arrest | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Investigating suspicious person/ circumstance |
Total | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Ambush situation | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Entrapment/premeditation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unprovoked attack | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Handling person with mental illness | Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Felony vehicle stop | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Traffic violation stop | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
- NOTE: Assault with injury data in this table reflects only a subset of those incidents reported to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. For more information in reference to this data collection, see Detailed Assault Data.
