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Table 75

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Department by Type of Weapon, 2013–2017
Year Department Total Firearm Knife or
other cutting
instrument 		Bomb Blunt
instrument 		Personal
weapons 		Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers Total 7,755 482 146 1 529 3,081 553 2,963
20131 Total 1,774 88 27 1 198 626 121 713
U.S. Capitol Police 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
U.S. Department of Homeland Security1 590 32 0 1 190 282 41 44
U.S. Department of the Interior 875 13 11 0 6 194 35 616
U.S. Department of Justice 293 43 15 0 2 150 44 39
U.S. Department of the Treasury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Postal Inspection Service 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
20142 Total 1,410 77 27 0 149 610 102 445
U.S. Capitol Police 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
U.S. Department of Homeland Security2 535 17 1 0 131 288 65 33
U.S. Department of the Interior 607 12 5 0 14 187 9 380
U.S. Department of Justice 257 47 21 0 4 132 28 25
U.S. Department of the Treasury 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Postal Inspection Service 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
20152 Total 1,340 97 33 0 135 547 89 439
U.S. Capitol Police 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 11
U.S. Department of Homeland Security2 488 26 4 0 134 213 56 55
U.S. Department of the Interior 570 16 5 0 1 204 6 338
U.S. Department of Justice 264 54 24 0 0 130 25 31
U.S. Department of the Treasury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U.S. Postal Inspection Service 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
20162 Total 1,447 104 40 0 26 622 99 556
U.S. Capitol Police 25 2 2 0 3 0 3 15
U.S. Department of Homeland Security2 503 17 7 0 12 210 57 200
U.S. Department of the Interior 621 24 13 0 10 241 19 314
U.S. Department of Justice 298 61 18 0 1 171 20 27
U.S. Department of the Treasury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Postal Inspection Service 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Total 1,784 116 19 0 21 676 142 810
U.S. Capitol Police 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 13
U.S. Department of Defense 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
U.S. Department of Homeland Security 687 61 7 0 16 403 36 164
U.S. Department of the Interior 724 15 8 0 1 265 62 373
U.S. Department of Justice 333 37 4 0 4 8 43 237
U.S. Department of the Treasury 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Postal Inspection Service 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1For 2013, data were not reported by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
  • 2For 2014, 2015, and 2016, data requests to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were inadvertently received and addressed by entities within ICE that did not possess the appropriate resources to provide comprehensive and complete data; therefore, caution must be taken when comparing prior years' data to 2017 data.