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Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Type of Weapon and Percent Injured, 2006–2015

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Year	Total	Percent injured	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons		Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Year	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Number of victim officers	556,095	27.1	21,539	9.4	9,541	12.8	78,054	23.7	446,961	28.8
2006	59,396	26.7	2,290	9.5	1,055	12.7	8,611	23.6	47,440	28.4	10,596	227,360,586	504,147
2007	61,257	25.9	2,216	8.7	1,028	10.5	8,692	22.2	49,321	27.6	10,973	234,734,286	523,944
2008	61,087	26.0	2,292	8.3	958	13.0	8,466	22.8	49,371	27.7	10,835	238,730,830	541,906
2009	58,364	26.0	2,007	8.1	886	12.4	7,966	23.5	47,505	27.4	11,691	245,925,716	560,387
2010	56,491	26.5	1,925	11.1	918	12.1	7,413	23.8	46,235	27.8	11,826	248,726,641	557,884
2011	55,631	26.6	2,240	9.0	1,003	15.0	7,856	22.4	44,532	28.5	12,031	254,534,862	539,282
2012	53,867	27.7	2,276	9.9	909	13.1	7,435	24.2	43,247	29.6	11,794	250,150,500	525,217
2013	50,802	29.1	2,299	10.7	901	14.0	7,042	27.0	40,560	30.8	11,958	256,689,224	551,893
2014	48,988	28.5	1,976	9.2	966	12.6	6,976	23.9	39,070	30.7	11,235	246,680,861	543,331
2015	50,212	28.4	2,018	9.5	917	12.3	7,597	24.7	39,680	30.5	11,961	241,382,351	507,852

NOTE: Assault figures published in prior years' editions of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted have been updated for inclusion in this table.