Table 118
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms or Knives/Other Cutting Instruments
Race and Sex of Known Offender, 2012–2016
Known offender | Total | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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Number of known offenders | 449 | 97 | 109 | 93 | 85 | 65 | |
Race | White | 252 | 59 | 50 | 58 | 43 | 42 |
Black/African American | 176 | 34 | 53 | 33 | 34 | 22 | |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
Not reported | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Sex | Male | 422 | 89 | 104 | 88 | 77 | 64 |
Female | 27 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 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.