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Table 100

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

Time of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2012–2016

Time Total 2-Officer
vehicle
1-Officer vehicle Foot patrol Other1 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 522 72 75 210 1 4 10 137 13
Total a.m. hours 210 24 35 90 0 0 8 48 5
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 50 5 7 26 0 0 1 10 1
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 40 7 11 16 0 0 1 1 4
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 19 1 2 7 0 0 2 7 0
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 19 1 4 8 0 0 1 5 0
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 40 5 5 13 0 0 1 16 0
10:01 a.m.–Noon 42 5 6 20 0 0 2 9 0
Total p.m. hours 307 47 38 118 1 4 2 89 8
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 36 6 4 17 0 1 0 8 0
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 51 5 6 21 0 1 1 16 1
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 43 9 8 17 0 1 1 6 1
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 49 4 7 13 0 0 0 23 2
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 59 11 7 19 1 1 0 19 1
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 69 12 6 31 0 0 0 17 3
Not reported 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.
  • 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.