Table 88
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,1 2017
Circumstance | Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Other dangerous weapon |
Personal weapons |
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Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
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Number of victim officers | 60,211 | 100.0 | 2,677 | 4.4 | 1,083 | 1.8 | 10,209 | 17.0 | 46,242 | 76.8 |
Disturbance call | 18,329 | 100.0 | 826 | 4.5 | 403 | 2.2 | 1,877 | 10.2 | 15,223 | 83.1 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 894 | 100.0 | 64 | 7.2 | 31 | 3.5 | 186 | 20.8 | 613 | 68.6 |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 498 | 100.0 | 86 | 17.3 | 12 | 2.4 | 111 | 22.3 | 289 | 58.0 |
Attempting other arrest | 9,505 | 100.0 | 374 | 3.9 | 162 | 1.7 | 1,219 | 12.8 | 7,750 | 81.5 |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 783 | 100.0 | 13 | 1.7 | 10 | 1.3 | 236 | 30.1 | 524 | 66.9 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | 7,493 | 100.0 | 21 | 0.3 | 32 | 0.4 | 887 | 11.8 | 6,553 | 87.5 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | 5,697 | 100.0 | 326 | 5.7 | 129 | 2.3 | 951 | 16.7 | 4,291 | 75.3 |
Ambush situation | 292 | 100.0 | 110 | 37.7 | 4 | 1.4 | 63 | 21.6 | 115 | 39.4 |
Handling person with mental illness | 2,215 | 100.0 | 122 | 5.5 | 115 | 5.2 | 249 | 11.2 | 1,729 | 78.1 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | 5,108 | 100.0 | 295 | 5.8 | 48 | 0.9 | 2,039 | 39.9 | 2,726 | 53.4 |
All other | 9,397 | 100.0 | 440 | 4.7 | 137 | 1.5 | 2,391 | 25.4 | 6,429 | 68.4 |
- 1Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.