Table 134
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2014
Area1 | Total | Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | 1,399 | 77 | 27 | 0 | 149 | 610 | 102 | 434 |
NORTHEAST | 61 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 7 |
New England | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maine | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Massachusetts | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Middle Atlantic | 47 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 1 |
New Jersey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
New York | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
Pennsylvania | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
MIDWEST | 390 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 7 | 311 |
East North Central | 63 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 12 |
Illinois | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michigan | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 1 |
Ohio | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Wisconsin | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
West North Central | 327 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 299 |
Iowa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Kansas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Minnesota | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
Missouri | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Nebraska | 67 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
North Dakota | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 135 |
South Dakota | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 82 |
SOUTH | 420 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 36 | 256 | 42 | 43 |
South Atlantic | 159 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 13 | 18 |
Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
District of Columbia | 64 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 6 | 4 |
Florida | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 12 |
Georgia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Maryland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
North Carolina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
South Carolina | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Virginia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
West Virginia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
East South Central | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mississippi | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Tennessee | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
West South Central | 242 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 137 | 26 | 21 |
Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Louisiana | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Oklahoma | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
Texas | 213 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 121 | 25 | 13 |
WEST | 520 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 110 | 254 | 46 | 71 |
Mountain | 319 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 164 | 28 | 58 |
Arizona | 205 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 91 | 20 | 45 |
Colorado | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Idaho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montana | 49 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
Nevada | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
New Mexico | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Utah | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wyoming | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Pacific | 201 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 90 | 18 | 13 |
Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
California | 186 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 81 | 17 | 11 |
Hawaii | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
Washington | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 1Location data for 11 victim officers were not reported by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine.