Table 127
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Department by Type of Weapon, 2012–2016
Year | Department | Total | Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | Total | 7,829 | 470 | 160 | 17 | 546 | 3,138 | 515 | 2,983 |
2012 | Total | 1,858 | 104 | 33 | 16 | 38 | 733 | 104 | 830 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 658 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 262 | 58 | 271 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 861 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 273 | 27 | 522 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 329 | 58 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 198 | 19 | 28 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
2013 | Total | 1,774 | 88 | 27 | 1 | 198 | 626 | 121 | 713 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security1 | 590 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 190 | 282 | 41 | 44 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 875 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 194 | 35 | 616 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 293 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 150 | 44 | 39 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
2014 | Total | 1,410 | 77 | 27 | 0 | 149 | 610 | 102 | 445 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 535 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 288 | 65 | 33 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 607 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 187 | 9 | 380 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 257 | 47 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 28 | 25 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
2015 | Total | 1,340 | 97 | 33 | 0 | 135 | 547 | 89 | 439 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 488 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 134 | 213 | 56 | 55 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 570 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 6 | 338 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 264 | 54 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 25 | 31 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
2016 | Total | 1,447 | 104 | 40 | 0 | 26 | 622 | 99 | 556 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 503 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 210 | 57 | 200 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 621 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 241 | 19 | 314 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 298 | 61 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 171 | 20 | 27 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 1For 2013, data were not reported by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.