Table 106
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms or Knives/Other Cutting Instruments
Type of Weapon, 2012–2016
Type of weapon | Total | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Number of victim officers | 522 | 105 | 126 | 106 | 102 | 83 |
Total firearms | 393 | 74 | 99 | 71 | 76 | 73 |
Handgun | 278 | 59 | 74 | 54 | 50 | 41 |
Rifle | 80 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 26 |
Shotgun | 31 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Type of firearm not reported | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Knife or other cutting instrument | 129 | 31 | 27 | 35 | 26 | 10 |
Number of victim officers who had prior knowledge that a weapon might be involved in the incident | 241 | 45 | 65 | 44 | 48 | 39 |
- 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.