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Table 112

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms or Knives/Other Cutting Instruments

Number of Victim Officers Wearing Body Armor, Holster, or Uniform, 2012–2016

Victim officer Total 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of victim officers Total 522 105 126 106 102 83
Wearing body armor Total 464 91 110 98 90 75
In uniform 443 80 109 97 85 72
Not in uniform 20 11 1 1 4 3
Wearing uniform not reported 1 0 0 0 1 0
Wearing holster Total 510 104 124 105 96 81
In uniform 467 88 115 100 90 74
Not in uniform 40 16 8 5 5 6
Wearing uniform not reported 3 0 1 0 1 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.