Table 122
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments
Number of Victim Officers Wearing Uniform or Other Law Enforcement Identification Evident, 2013–20171
| Victim officer | Type of uniform or other identification | Total | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 555 | 126 | 106 | 102 | 119 | 102 |
| Wearing uniform | Total | 503 | 114 | 100 | 97 | 108 | 84 |
| Patrol | 409 | 91 | 84 | 75 | 86 | 73 | |
| Tactical | 63 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 8 | |
| Utility | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Other type of uniform | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Not reported | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Not in uniform | Total | 45 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| Armband | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Badge displayed | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Raid jacket with law enforcement markings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vest with law enforcement markings | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mutiple forms of identification | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| Other identification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Wearing uniform not reported | Total | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- 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.
- 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.
