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Table 124

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms While Wearing Body Armor

Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition, 2008–2017

Type of firearm Size of ammunition Total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of victim officers assaulted
and injured with firearms while wearing body armor 		Total 711 63 70 61 68 63 89 66 67 95 69
Handgun Total 488 48 49 46 44 49 63 47 46 57 39
.22-caliber 18 1 2 4 2 0 1 0 4 4 0
.223-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
.25-caliber 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0
.32-caliber 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
.357-caliber 21 1 7 3 2 1 1 0 6 0 0
.357 Magnum 11 1 2 1 1 5 0 0 0 1 0
.38-caliber 46 8 3 1 5 3 4 6 5 7 4
.380-caliber 33 5 9 1 1 6 3 0 3 3 2
.40-caliber 84 9 6 6 11 7 10 12 7 9 7
.41-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
.410-gauge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
.44-caliber 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.44 Magnum 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
.45-caliber 71 7 5 12 6 7 14 8 3 6 3
9 millimeter 148 10 10 13 12 15 20 16 14 22 16
10 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Not reported 36 2 4 3 3 4 5 4 3 2 6
Rifle Total 123 11 8 8 10 7 11 9 15 26 18
.177-caliber 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.22-caliber 10 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
.22 Magnum 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.223-caliber 21 1 2 1 5 1 0 2 0 4 5
.30-06-caliber 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
.30-30-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
.308-caliber 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
.40-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
.44 Magnum 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.45-caliber 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
.50-caliber 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5.45x39 millimeter 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
5.56x45 millimeter 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
6.5x50 millimeter 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7.62 millimeter 8 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1
7.62x39 millimeter 40 1 3 2 3 0 3 5 9 7 7
7.62x51 millimeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
7.62x54 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Not reported 10 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 1
Shotgun Total 67 4 11 7 10 2 9 7 3 8 6
12-gauge 48 4 9 2 7 1 6 7 2 5 5
20-gauge 6 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
.410-gauge 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Not reported 11 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 2 1
Not reported Total 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Multiple firearms used by offender(s)1 Total 27 — — — 4 5 4 2 3 3 6
  • 1Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s)."
  • 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.