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Home LEOKA 2016 Tables Table 86

Table 86

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

Time of Incident by Day of Incident, 2012–2016

Time Total Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Number of victim officers 522 68 64 63 71 85 93 78
Total a.m. hours 210 33 28 19 25 29 36 40
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 50 9 7 7 5 9 3 10
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 40 10 5 4 3 3 8 7
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 19 3 2 1 2 0 6 5
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 19 2 5 0 4 1 3 4
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 40 5 4 4 4 11 8 4
10:01 a.m.–Noon 42 4 5 3 7 5 8 10
Total p.m. hours 307 35 36 42 46 54 56 38
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 36 4 4 11 3 6 4 4
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 51 4 12 6 7 3 14 5
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 43 8 2 4 10 7 7 5
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 49 4 3 9 8 14 6 5
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 59 6 5 2 10 13 15 8
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 69 9 10 10 8 11 10 11
Not reported 5 0 0 2 0 2 1 0
  • 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.