Table 74
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment and Percent Distribution,1 2016
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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Percent distribu- tion |
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Percent distribu- tion |
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Percent distribu- tion |
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Percent distribu- tion |
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Number of victim officers | 57,180 | 100.0 | 10,240 | 17.9 | 13,855 | 24.2 | 21,966 | 38.4 | 657 | 1.1 | 1,402 | 2.5 | 2,667 | 4.7 | 6,393 | 11.2 |
Disturbance call | 18,425 | 100.0 | 3,677 | 20.0 | 4,566 | 24.8 | 8,217 | 44.6 | 152 | 0.8 | 226 | 1.2 | 344 | 1.9 | 1,243 | 6.7 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 756 | 100.0 | 157 | 20.8 | 183 | 24.2 | 324 | 42.9 | 9 | 1.2 | 19 | 2.5 | 9 | 1.2 | 55 | 7.3 |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 528 | 100.0 | 111 | 21.0 | 120 | 22.7 | 217 | 41.1 | 6 | 1.1 | 15 | 2.8 | 16 | 3.0 | 43 | 8.1 |
Attempting other arrest | 8,939 | 100.0 | 1,429 | 16.0 | 2,208 | 24.7 | 3,654 | 40.9 | 105 | 1.2 | 382 | 4.3 | 259 | 2.9 | 902 | 10.1 |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 720 | 100.0 | 98 | 13.6 | 128 | 17.8 | 226 | 31.4 | 10 | 1.4 | 54 | 7.5 | 27 | 3.8 | 177 | 24.6 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | 7,177 | 100.0 | 1,030 | 14.4 | 1,279 | 17.8 | 2,269 | 31.6 | 57 | 0.8 | 139 | 1.9 | 530 | 7.4 | 1,873 | 26.1 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | 5,309 | 100.0 | 1,126 | 21.2 | 1,391 | 26.2 | 2,052 | 38.7 | 81 | 1.5 | 167 | 3.1 | 147 | 2.8 | 345 | 6.5 |
Ambush situation | 270 | 100.0 | 57 | 21.1 | 64 | 23.7 | 57 | 21.1 | 4 | 1.5 | 18 | 6.7 | 39 | 14.4 | 31 | 11.5 |
Handling person with mental illness | 1,961 | 100.0 | 265 | 13.5 | 436 | 22.2 | 954 | 48.6 | 18 | 0.9 | 31 | 1.6 | 95 | 4.8 | 162 | 8.3 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | 4,587 | 100.0 | 960 | 20.9 | 1,490 | 32.5 | 1,732 | 37.8 | 68 | 1.5 | 117 | 2.6 | 48 | 1.0 | 172 | 3.7 |
All other | 8,508 | 100.0 | 1,330 | 15.6 | 1,990 | 23.4 | 2,264 | 26.6 | 147 | 1.7 | 234 | 2.8 | 1,153 | 13.6 | 1,390 | 16.3 |
- 1Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.