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Table 123

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

Number of Victim Officers Wearing Body Armor, Holster, or Uniform, 2008–2017

Victim officer Total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of victim officers Total 1,094 114 106 104 110 105 126 106 102 119 102
Wearing body armor Total 966 98 92 85 97 91 111 100 90 108 94
In uniform 901 89 86 78 89 80 108 98 86 104 83
Not in uniform 62 9 6 7 8 11 1 1 4 4 11
Wearing uniform not reported 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Wearing holster Total 1,064 111 103 97 106 104 122 105 100 117 99
In uniform 953 96 92 86 92 87 114 100 95 107 84
Not in uniform 110 15 11 11 14 16 8 5 5 10 15
Wearing uniform not reported 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
  • 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.