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Table 108

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms or Knives/Other Cutting Instruments

Type of Weapon, 2010–2014

Type of weapon Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Number of victim officers 533 104 110 105 126 88
Total firearms 385 75 77 74 99 60
Handgun 284 52 55 59 74 44
Rifle 60 16 11 11 14 8
Shotgun 38 7 11 4 9 7
Type of firearm not reported 3 0 0 0 2 1
Knife or other cutting instrument 148 29 33 31 27 28
  • 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.