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Home • LEOKA • 2017 • Tables • Table 117

Table 117

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

State and Agency by Type of Weapon, 2017

State Agency Total Total
firearms 		Handgun Rifle Shotgun Multiple
firearms
used by offender(s) 		Type of
firearm not
reported 		Knife Other
cutting
instrument 		Multiple types
of weapons
used by offender(s)1
Number of victim officers Total 102 77 46 20 6 5 0 17 8 0
ALASKA Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Anchorage 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
ARIZONA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Department of Public Safety, Phoenix 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARKANSAS Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Batesville 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pine Bluff 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CALIFORNIA Total 21 14 9 3 1 1 0 4 3 0
Bakersfield 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chico 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chula Vista 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Del Norte County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Highway Patrol, Clear Lake Area, Kelseyville 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Highway Patrol, Valley Division, Sacramento 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles County 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
San Bernardino County 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
San Francisco 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Whittier 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yuba City 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COLORADO Total 6 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Castle Rock 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denver 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Douglas County 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Westminster 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metropolitan Police 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLORIDA Total 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
Clearwater 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Miami-Dade 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
GEORGIA Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clay County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polk County Police 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INDIANA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indianapolis 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IOWA Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davenport 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pottawattamie County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KENTUCKY Total 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Louisville 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
State Police, Harlan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MARYLAND Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltimore 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltimore County Police 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MASSACHUSETTS Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lowell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MICHIGAN Total 7 6 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Bishop International Airport Police 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Detroit 6 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MISSOURI Total 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
Jasper County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Springfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
St. Louis 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
NEW JERSEY Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Camden County Police 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW MEXICO Total 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Albuquerque 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEVADA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Las Vegas 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW YORK Total 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Onondaga County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rochester 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Yonkers 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NORTH CAROLINA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guilford County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OHIO Total 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Cincinnati 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marietta 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Toledo 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OKLAHOMA Total 5 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chickasha 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinton 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Valley Brook 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENNSYLVANIA Total 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Whitehall Township 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
SOUTH CAROLINA Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hardeeville 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jasper County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEXAS Total 15 10 6 1 1 2 0 2 3 0
Arlington 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowie County 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Flower Mound 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hays County 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Houston 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laredo 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Lufkin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
San Antonio 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
UTAH Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
VIRGINIA Total 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Arlington County Police 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Virginia Beach 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
WASHINGTON Total 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Bremerton 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Seattle 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WEST VIRGINIA Total 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
State Police, Hamlin 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1The offender(s) used multiple weapons during the incident, such as a firearm, knife, and/or other cutting instrument.
  • 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.