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Home LEOKA 2017 Tables Table 110

Table 110

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

Time of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2013–2017 1

Time Total Two-officer
patrol
One-
officer
patrol
Investigative/
detective
Tactical
assignment
(uniformed)
Plainclothes
assignment
Special
assignment
Undercover Court/
prisoner
security
Other 2 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 555 85 76 219 0 24 0 57 1 10 7 35 0 9 2 1 0 13 16
Total a.m. hours 223 24 34 96 0 13 0 24 0 3 5 10 0 1 1 1 0 5 6
12:01am–2am 60 7 8 31 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2:01am–4am 35 5 7 15 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
4:01am–6am 20 0 2 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6:01am–8am 21 2 4 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
8:01am–10am 38 5 5 10 0 6 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10:01am–Noon 49 5 8 20 0 4 0 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total p.m. hours 329 60 41 122 0 11 0 33 1 7 2 25 0 8 1 0 0 8 10
12:01pm–2pm 37 6 5 15 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2:01pm–4pm 55 7 5 20 0 3 0 14 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
4:01pm–6pm 50 10 10 20 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
6:01pm–8pm 51 4 8 14 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 2 2
8:01pm–10pm 60 14 7 19 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
10:01pm–Midnight 76 19 6 34 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Not reported 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1Ten years of data for the topics presented in this table are not available at this time. A 10-year table is expected to be available for the publication of 2020 data.
  • 2Includes officers on overtime/extra duty activities and other types of assignments not listed.
  • 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.