Table 103
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms or Knives/Other Cutting Instruments During Traffic Pursuits/Stops
Activity of Victim Officer by Location of Offender at Scene of Incident, 2011–2015
Activity of victim officer | Total | Driver |
Center front |
Right front |
Left rear |
Center rear |
Right rear |
Outside vehicle |
Multiple locations due to multiple offenders |
Not reported |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers assaulted and injured during traffic pursuits/stops | 54 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Approaching offender(s) | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Conducting roadblock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Deploying stop sticks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engaging in foot pursuit | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Engaging in vehicle pursuit | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Exiting patrol unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In patrol unit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Interviewing offender(s) at offender's vehicle | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Interviewing offender(s) in patrol unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Making arrest/handcuffing | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Outside patrol unit | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Outside offender's vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Returning to patrol unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Searching offender(s) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Searching offender's vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not reported | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- NOTE: For 2011 through 2015, 47 of the 54 victim officers who were assaulted and injured during traffic pursuits/stops contacted radio dispatcher prior to the attack.
- 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.