Table 107
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms or Knives/Other Cutting Instruments
State and Agency by Type of Weapon, 2015
State | Agency | Total |
Total firearms |
Handgun | Rifle | Shotgun |
Type of firearm not reported |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | Total | 85 | 65 | 41 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
ARIZONA | Total | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Cottonwood | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eagar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mesa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Phoenix | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
CALIFORNIA | Total | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Bakersfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Kern County | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Los Angeles | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Merced | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Oakland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pittsburg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
San Bernardino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
San Bernardino County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Sand City | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
COLORADO | Total | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Springs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
El Paso County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
CONNECTICUT | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Danbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
GEORGIA | Total | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fulton County Police | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Savannah Chatham | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
HAWAII | Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hawaii County Police | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
KENTUCKY | Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prestonsburg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
LOUISIANA | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
New Orleans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
St. Bernard County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MARYLAND | Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Anne Arundel County Police | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MASSACHUSETTS | Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Billerica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Boston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MICHIGAN | Total | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Burton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Detroit | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Flint Township | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Iron Mountain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MINNESOTA | Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New Hope | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
MISSOURI | Total | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Knob Noster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Springfield | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
St. Louis County Police | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Webster Groves | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
NEVADA | Total | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Las Vegas | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
NEW MEXICO | Total | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Navajo Division of Public Safety, Shiprock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roswell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
NEW YORK | Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Troy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
NORTH CAROLINA | Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cornelius | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
OKLAHOMA | Total | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Choctaw County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Hugo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Oklahoma City | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
PENNSYLVANIA | Total | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Berwick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Philadelphia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Chambersburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SOUTH CAROLINA | Total | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Beaufort County | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cayce Department of Public Safety | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pickens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
TENNESSEE | Total | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Anderson County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Chattanooga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Decaturville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Germantown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Hardin County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Memphis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
TEXAS | Total | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Aransas County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Beaumont | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Corpus Christi | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fort Worth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
VIRGINIA | Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Richmond | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
WEST VIRGINIA | Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lewisburg | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
WISCONSIN | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Green Bay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- 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.