Table 77

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2015

Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons
Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion
Number of victim officers	50,212	100.0	2,018	4.0	917	1.8	7,597	15.1	39,680	79.0
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	12,799	100.0	762	6.0	251	2.0	1,982	15.5	9,804	76.6
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999)	6,496	100.0	194	3.0	120	1.8	933	14.4	5,249	80.8
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999)	6,100	100.0	139	2.3	102	1.7	899	14.7	4,960	81.3
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999)	4,122	100.0	89	2.2	73	1.8	607	14.7	3,353	81.3
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999)	3,784	100.0	119	3.1	73	1.9	512	13.5	3,080	81.4
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	3,865	100.0	116	3.0	71	1.8	480	12.4	3,198	82.7
Metropolitan counties	11,102	100.0	469	4.2	180	1.6	1,816	16.4	8,637	77.8
Nonmetropolitan counties	1,944	100.0	130	6.7	47	2.4	368	18.9	1,399	72.0

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