Table 128
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2015
Area1,2,3 | Total | Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | 1,200 | 96 | 32 | 0 | 135 | 476 | 87 | 374 |
NORTHEAST | 61 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 15 |
New England | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
Connecticut | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Maine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Massachusetts | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Vermont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Middle Atlantic | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5 |
New Jersey | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
New York | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 |
Pennsylvania | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
MIDWEST | 299 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 235 |
East North Central | 51 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 11 |
Illinois | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Indiana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Michigan | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 |
Ohio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Wisconsin | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
West North Central | 248 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 224 |
Iowa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kansas | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Missouri | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
North Dakota | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
South Dakota | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 123 |
SOUTH | 371 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 192 | 36 | 58 |
South Atlantic | 101 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 6 | 16 |
Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
District of Columbia | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
Florida | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 14 |
Georgia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Maryland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Virginia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
West Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
East South Central | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mississippi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Tennessee | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
West South Central | 249 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 120 | 28 | 31 |
Arkansas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Louisiana | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Texas | 234 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 117 | 28 | 26 |
WEST | 456 | 36 | 17 | 0 | 91 | 215 | 36 | 61 |
Mountain | 309 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 171 | 16 | 51 |
Arizona | 206 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 123 | 16 | 16 |
Colorado | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Idaho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Montana | 34 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
Nevada | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
New Mexico | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
Utah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wyoming | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Pacific | 147 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 44 | 20 | 10 |
Alaska | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
California | 129 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 41 | 16 | 7 |
Hawaii | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Washington | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FOREIGN | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Caribbean | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
- 1Location data for 13 victim officers were not reported by the U.S. Capitol Police.
- 2Location data for 69 victim officers were not reported by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- 3Location data for 54 victim officers were not reported by the National Park Service.