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Home LEOKA 2016 Tables Table 83

Table 83

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

Time of Incident, 2012–2016

Time Total 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of victim officers 522 105 126 106 102 83
Total a.m. hours 210 42 45 41 48 34
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 50 7 12 13 12 6
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 40 12 11 7 6 4
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 19 7 3 6 3 0
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 19 2 1 7 3 6
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 40 9 10 3 8 10
10:01 a.m.–Noon 42 5 8 5 16 8
Total p.m. hours 307 61 79 65 54 48
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 36 11 9 10 2 4
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 51 4 18 11 10 8
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 43 9 8 8 13 5
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 49 12 14 9 10 4
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 59 14 12 12 8 13
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 69 11 18 15 11 14
Not reported 5 2 2 0 0 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.