Table 106
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms or Knives/Other Cutting Instruments
Type of Weapon, 2011–2015
Type of weapon | Total | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Number of victim officers | 532 | 110 | 105 | 126 | 106 | 85 |
Total firearms | 386 | 77 | 74 | 99 | 71 | 65 |
Handgun | 283 | 55 | 59 | 74 | 54 | 41 |
Rifle | 64 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 19 |
Shotgun | 36 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
Type of firearm not reported | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Knife or other cutting instrument | 146 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 35 | 20 |
Number of victim officers who had prior knowledge that a weapon might be involved in the incident | 246 | 50 | 45 | 65 | 44 | 42 |
- 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.