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Home LEOKA 2017 Tables Table 77

Table 77

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Department and Agency by Type of Weapon, 2017

Department Agency Total Firearm Knife or
other cutting
instrument
Bomb Blunt
instrument
Personal
weapons
Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers Total 1,784 116 19 0 21 676 142 810
U.S. Capitol Police Total 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 13
U.S. Department of Defense Total 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
Department of the Air Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Department of the Army 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Department of the Navy 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
National Security Agency 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pentagon Force Protection Agency 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Total 687 61 7 0 16 403 36 164
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 506 59 6 0 4 245 31 161
CBP, Office of Air and Marine 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
CBP, Office of Border Patrol 432 57 5 0 4 193 30 143
CBP, Office of Field Operations 62 1 1 0 0 52 1 7
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 159 2 1 0 10 139 4 3
U.S. Secret Service 22 0 0 0 2 19 1 0
U.S. Department of the Interior Total 724 15 8 0 1 265 62 373
Bureau of Indian Affairs 609 15 7 0 0 252 62 273
Bureau of Land Management 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
National Park Service 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 98
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) 13 0 0 0 1 10 0 2
FWS, Division of Refuge Law Enforcement 13 0 0 0 1 10 0 2
FWS, Office of Law Enforcement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Department of Justice Total 333 37 4 0 4 8 43 237
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 18 9 0 0 0 5 2 2
Federal Bureau of Investigation 16 5 0 0 0 3 5 3
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration 10 3 0 0 0 0 3 4
U.S. Marshals Service 289 20 4 0 4 0 33 228
U.S. Department of the Treasury Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Internal Revenue Service 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Postal Inspection Service Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0