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Table 133

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

Judicial History of Known Offender Prior to Incident, 2008–2017

Judicial history prior to incident Total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of known offenders 979 104 102 112 99 96 109 93 85 98 81
Previously arrested 797 82 84 98 74 77 87 85 64 85 61
Convicted on prior criminal charge1 193 60 62 71 — — — — — — —
Conviction as adult 2 395 — — — 49 59 65 62 48 66 46
Conviction as juvenile 167 11 11 19 16 10 26 16 13 24 21
Halfway house3 5 — — — 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
House arrest3 1 — — — 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Incarceration in penal institution3 120 — — — 13 19 18 12 13 27 18
Parole or probation4 149 45 53 51 — — — — — — —
Parole4 113 — — — 13 16 15 17 11 25 16
Probation4 292 — — — 39 41 52 45 36 44 35
Prior arrest for Assault on law enforcement officer/resisting arrest 5 74 23 23 28 — — — — — — —
Assault on law enforcement officer 5 78 — — — 12 13 13 10 11 13 6
Crime of violence (includes arrests for aggravated assault, murder, rape, and robbery) 6 144 40 54 50 — — — — — — —
Drug law violation 437 46 42 52 38 45 51 51 35 43 34
Murder 35 4 5 5 3 0 3 4 3 3 5
Other crime of violence (includes arrests for aggravated assault, rape, and robbery) 6 325 — — — 38 41 64 48 34 59 41
Resisting arrest 5 188 — — — 26 29 32 30 18 30 23
Weapons violation 373 36 40 48 33 31 46 43 27 43 26
  • 1For 2008, 2009, and 2010, adult and juvenile convictions were combined into one category, "Convicted on prior criminal charge."
  • 2In 2011, "Conviction as adult" was added as an option for judicial history.
  • 3In 2011, new options for judicial history were added, including: "Halfway house," "House arrest," and "Incarceration in penal institution."
  • 4For 2008, 2009, and 2010, the judicial history categories "Parole" and "Probation" were combined.
  • 5For 2008, 2009, and 2010, the prior arrests categories "Assault on law enforcement officer" and "Resisting arrest" were combined.
  • 6For 2008, 2009, and 2010, "Crime of violence" counts for prior arrests included prior murders. Beginning in 2011, "Crime of violence" was renamed "Other crime of violence" since "Murder" is listed separately.
  • NOTE: Assault with injury data in this table reflect only a subset of those incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. For more information about this data collection, see Detailed Assault Data.