Table 78
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,1 2016
Circumstance | Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Other dangerous weapon |
Personal weapons |
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Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
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Number of victim officers | 57,180 | 100.0 | 2,377 | 4.2 | 1,096 | 1.9 | 9,122 | 16.0 | 44,585 | 78.0 |
Disturbance call | 18,425 | 100.0 | 754 | 4.1 | 499 | 2.7 | 1,917 | 10.4 | 15,255 | 82.8 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 756 | 100.0 | 44 | 5.8 | 16 | 2.1 | 147 | 19.4 | 549 | 72.6 |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 528 | 100.0 | 95 | 18.0 | 19 | 3.6 | 98 | 18.6 | 316 | 59.8 |
Attempting other arrest | 8,939 | 100.0 | 285 | 3.2 | 152 | 1.7 | 1,109 | 12.4 | 7,393 | 82.7 |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 720 | 100.0 | 12 | 1.7 | 7 | 1.0 | 199 | 27.6 | 502 | 69.7 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | 7,177 | 100.0 | 16 | 0.2 | 24 | 0.3 | 847 | 11.8 | 6,290 | 87.6 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | 5,309 | 100.0 | 342 | 6.4 | 141 | 2.7 | 829 | 15.6 | 3,997 | 75.3 |
Ambush situation | 270 | 100.0 | 103 | 38.1 | 3 | 1.1 | 51 | 18.9 | 113 | 41.9 |
Handling person with mental illness | 1,961 | 100.0 | 95 | 4.8 | 84 | 4.3 | 200 | 10.2 | 1,582 | 80.7 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | 4,587 | 100.0 | 287 | 6.3 | 39 | 0.9 | 1,716 | 37.4 | 2,545 | 55.5 |
All other | 8,508 | 100.0 | 344 | 4.0 | 112 | 1.3 | 2,009 | 23.6 | 6,043 | 71.0 |
- 1Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.