Table 101
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms or Knives/Other Cutting Instruments
Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 2011–2015
Circumstance | Total | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
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Number of victim officers | Total | 532 | 110 | 105 | 126 | 106 | 85 |
Disturbance call | Total | 126 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 16 |
Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 79 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 8 | |
Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 47 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 8 | |
Arrest situation | Total | 57 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Drug-related matter | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Attempting other arrest | 25 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 83 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 18 | 7 |
Ambush (entrapment/premeditation) | Total | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Unprovoked attack | Total | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 44 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 |
Handling person with mental illness | Total | 47 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 54 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 9 |
Felony vehicle stop | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
Traffic violation stop | 42 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | |
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 88 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 19 |
- 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.