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Table 97

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

Victim Officer Assaulted and Injured with Own Weapon, Disarmed1 of Weapon by Offender, and Weapon Stolen2 by Offender, 2012–2016

Victim officer Total 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of victim officers Total 522 105 126 106 102 83
Assaulted and injured with own weapon Total 13 3 3 3 2 2
Disarmed Total 12 3 2 3 2 2
Weapon stolen 4 2 1 0 0 1
Weapon not stolen 7 1 0 3 2 1
Weapon stolen information not reported 1 0 1 0 0 0
Not disarmed Total 1 0 1 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 1 0 1 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disarmed information not reported Total 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assaulted and injured with weapon other than own Total 507 102 122 102 100 81
Disarmed Total 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not disarmed Total 507 102 122 102 100 81
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 507 102 122 102 100 81
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disarmed information not reported Total 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assaulted and injured with weapon information not reported Total 2 0 1 1 0 0
Disarmed Total 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not disarmed Total 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disarmed information not reported Total 2 0 1 1 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 2 0 1 1 0 0
  • 1The term "disarmed" indicates the victim officer was physically disarmed by the offender(s) of one or more of their weapons during the incident.
  • 2The term "stolen" indicates a weapon issued to the victim officer was taken from the scene of the incident by the offender(s).
  • NOTE: Weapon is inclusive of all weapon types that may be issued to a law enforcement officer.
  • 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.