Table 78

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2014

Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons
Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion
Number of victim officers	48,315	100.0	1,950	4.0	951	2.0	6,803	14.1	38,611	79.9
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	13,414	100.0	751	5.6	331	2.5	1,798	13.4	10,534	78.5
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999)	5,820	100.0	205	3.5	87	1.5	733	12.6	4,795	82.4
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999)	5,253	100.0	163	3.1	94	1.8	661	12.6	4,335	82.5
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999)	3,628	100.0	90	2.5	69	1.9	423	11.7	3,046	84.0
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999)	3,347	100.0	72	2.2	75	2.2	428	12.8	2,772	82.8
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	3,481	100.0	92	2.6	63	1.8	434	12.5	2,892	83.1
Metropolitan counties	11,443	100.0	434	3.8	199	1.7	1,955	17.1	8,855	77.4
Nonmetropolitan counties	1,929	100.0	143	7.4	33	1.7	371	19.2	1,382	71.6

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