Table 74
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment and Percent Distribution,1 2015
Circumstance | Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
2-Officer vehicle | 1-Officer vehicle | Detective/special assignment | Other | ||||||||||
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Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | |||||||||||
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Number of victim officers | 50,212 | 100.0 | 8,867 | 17.7 | 12,302 | 24.5 | 18,962 | 37.8 | 611 | 1.2 | 1,380 | 2.7 | 1,986 | 4.0 | 6,104 | 12.2 |
Disturbance call | 16,256 | 100.0 | 3,160 | 19.4 | 4,009 | 24.7 | 7,385 | 45.4 | 118 | 0.7 | 170 | 1.0 | 350 | 2.2 | 1,064 | 6.5 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 840 | 100.0 | 174 | 20.7 | 208 | 24.8 | 389 | 46.3 | 7 | 0.8 | 22 | 2.6 | 8 | 1.0 | 32 | 3.8 |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 398 | 100.0 | 74 | 18.6 | 86 | 21.6 | 163 | 41.0 | 8 | 2.0 | 11 | 2.8 | 12 | 3.0 | 44 | 11.1 |
Attempting other arrest | 7,820 | 100.0 | 1,271 | 16.3 | 1,908 | 24.4 | 3,114 | 39.8 | 117 | 1.5 | 346 | 4.4 | 242 | 3.1 | 822 | 10.5 |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 677 | 100.0 | 109 | 16.1 | 111 | 16.4 | 182 | 26.9 | 12 | 1.8 | 92 | 13.6 | 31 | 4.6 | 140 | 20.7 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | 6,143 | 100.0 | 680 | 11.1 | 1,104 | 18.0 | 1,795 | 29.2 | 46 | 0.7 | 114 | 1.9 | 465 | 7.6 | 1,939 | 31.6 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | 4,647 | 100.0 | 938 | 20.2 | 1,294 | 27.8 | 1,720 | 37.0 | 82 | 1.8 | 171 | 3.7 | 142 | 3.1 | 300 | 6.5 |
Ambush situation | 240 | 100.0 | 66 | 27.5 | 52 | 21.7 | 46 | 19.2 | 4 | 1.7 | 5 | 2.1 | 27 | 11.3 | 40 | 16.7 |
Handling person with mental illness | 1,710 | 100.0 | 255 | 14.9 | 372 | 21.8 | 803 | 47.0 | 18 | 1.1 | 24 | 1.4 | 73 | 4.3 | 165 | 9.6 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | 3,972 | 100.0 | 816 | 20.5 | 1,283 | 32.3 | 1,460 | 36.8 | 36 | 0.9 | 141 | 3.5 | 47 | 1.2 | 189 | 4.8 |
All other | 7,509 | 100.0 | 1,324 | 17.6 | 1,875 | 25.0 | 1,905 | 25.4 | 163 | 2.2 | 284 | 3.8 | 589 | 7.8 | 1,369 | 18.2 |
- 1Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.