Table 77
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Department and Agency by Type of Weapon, 2017
Department | Agency | Total | Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | Total | 1,784 | 116 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 676 | 142 | 810 |
U.S. Capitol Police | Total | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
U.S. Department of Defense | Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Department of the Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of the Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of the Navy | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
National Security Agency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pentagon Force Protection Agency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Total | 687 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 403 | 36 | 164 |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) | 506 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 245 | 31 | 161 | |
CBP, Office of Air and Marine | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
CBP, Office of Border Patrol | 432 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 193 | 30 | 143 | |
CBP, Office of Field Operations | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 7 | |
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 159 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 139 | 4 | 3 | |
U.S. Secret Service | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | Total | 724 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 265 | 62 | 373 |
Bureau of Indian Affairs | 609 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 252 | 62 | 273 | |
Bureau of Land Management | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
National Park Service | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |
FWS, Division of Refuge Law Enforcement | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |
FWS, Office of Law Enforcement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | Total | 333 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 237 |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
Federal Bureau of Investigation | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
U.S. Marshals Service | 289 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 228 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Internal Revenue Service | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |