Table 103
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms or Knives/Other Cutting Instruments During Traffic Pursuits/Stops
Activity of Victim Officer by Location of Offender at Scene of Incident, 2012–2016
Activity of victim officer | Total | Driver |
Center front |
Right front |
Left rear |
Center rear |
Right rear |
Outside vehicle |
Multiple locations due to multiple offenders |
Not reported |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers assaulted and injured during traffic pursuits/stops | 47 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Approaching offender(s) | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Conducting roadblock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Deploying stop sticks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engaging in foot pursuit | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Engaging in vehicle pursuit | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Exiting patrol unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In patrol unit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Interviewing offender(s) at offender's vehicle | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Interviewing offender(s) in patrol unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Making arrest/handcuffing | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Outside patrol unit | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Outside offender's vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Returning to patrol unit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Searching offender(s) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Searching offender's vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not reported | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- NOTE: For 2012 through 2016, 42 of the 47 victim officers who were assaulted and injured during traffic pursuits/stops contacted radio dispatcher prior to the attack.
- 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.