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Table 132

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

Status of Known Offender at Time of Incident, 2008–2017

Status Total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of known offenders Total 979 104 102 112 99 96 109 93 85 98 81
Under judicial supervision Total 195 18 17 16 18 20 24 15 19 26 22
Conditional release, pending criminal prosecution 35 2 4 2 2 5 6 1 2 5 6
Escapee from penal institution 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Halfway house 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Parole 54 5 6 4 3 5 9 6 2 7 7
Probation 93 11 7 10 9 7 9 8 14 10 8
Serving time in penal institution1 4 — — — 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Other judicial supervision1 3 — — — 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Known to agency as Controlled substance dealer 93 13 15 13 6 5 7 12 9 7 6
Controlled substance possessor 114 15 13 16 15 11 11 13 6 9 5
Controlled substance user 163 22 18 24 15 18 20 18 7 14 7
Known or suspected gang member 2 57 — — — 10 5 11 9 4 9 9
Known or suspected terrorist (domestic or international) 2 1 — — — 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Other 2 116 — — — 12 10 15 14 20 29 16
Use of alcohol and/or controlled substance Under influence 279 34 14 27 36 27 32 27 25 31 26
Alcohol 113 26 10 13 12 10 13 5 7 7 10
Controlled substance3 26 8 4 14 — — — — — — —
Amphetamines/methamphetamines 34 — — — 4 2 6 5 4 6 7
Barbiturates 1 — — — 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cocaine (all forms except Crack) 3 — — — 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Crack/cocaine 2 — — — 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hashish 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heroin 4 — — — 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
LSD 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marijuana 22 — — — 4 3 2 3 4 3 3
Morphine 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opium 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PCP 2 — — — 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Other depressants not listed 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other hallucinogens not listed 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other narcotics not listed 1 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Other stimulants not listed 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other dangerous drug/substance 8 — — — 2 2 1 0 1 1 1
Multiple forms of substances 63 — — — 12 8 8 11 8 11 5
Not under influence 151 14 21 21 15 16 10 16 17 15 6
Use of alcohol/controlled substance not reported 549 56 67 64 48 53 67 50 43 52 49
Known to agency as having prior mental disorders Total 87 9 9 6 13 12 5 8 10 9 6
Relationship between victim officer and offender Prior relationship through law enforcement (arrest, investigation, etc.) 98 14 9 10 13 8 11 6 9 11 7
Prior relationship through non-law enforcement (acquaintance, neighbor,
relative, etc.)		 10 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
No known relationship 867 86 92 101 86 87 97 85 75 84 74
Not reported 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
  • 1Beginning in 2011, new options were added, including: "Serving time in penal institution" and "Other judicial supervision."
  • 2Beginning in 2011, new options were added, including: "Known or suspected gang member" and "Known or suspected terrorist (domestic or international)."
  • 3Beginning in 2011, new options were added to indicate "Type of controlled substance."
  • 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.