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Table 76

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2017

Area1 Total Firearm Knife or
other cutting
instrument 		Bomb Blunt
instrument 		Personal
weapons 		Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers 1,769 116 19 0 21 676 142 795
NORTHEAST 111 1 0 0 1 48 4 57
New England 29 1 0 0 0 13 1 14
Connecticut 11 0 0 0 0 7 0 4
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 10 1 0 0 0 4 0 5
New Hampshire 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rhode Island 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Vermont 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Middle Atlantic 82 0 0 0 1 35 3 43
New Jersey 17 0 0 0 1 9 1 6
New York 40 0 0 0 0 15 1 24
Pennsylvania 25 0 0 0 0 11 1 13
MIDWEST 278 8 4 0 11 25 9 221
East North Central 50 4 2 0 10 4 6 24
Illinois 8 2 0 0 0 2 1 3
Indiana 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Michigan 7 0 1 0 0 2 2 2
Ohio 17 1 1 0 6 0 1 8
Wisconsin 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 7
West North Central 228 4 2 0 1 21 3 197
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Minnesota 9 1 0 0 1 4 2 1
Missouri 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
Nebraska 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
North Dakota 70 0 1 0 0 4 0 65
South Dakota 134 1 1 0 0 8 0 124
SOUTH 570 39 5 0 5 201 44 276
South Atlantic 239 22 3 0 4 80 12 118
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 81 3 0 0 2 15 1 60
Florida 64 8 3 0 2 34 4 13
Georgia 38 9 0 0 0 19 4 6
Maryland 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
North Carolina 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
South Carolina 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Virginia 42 0 0 0 0 11 0 31
West Virginia 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
East South Central 37 1 0 0 0 3 8 25
Alabama 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Kentucky 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Mississippi 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tennessee 21 0 0 0 0 3 8 10
West South Central 294 16 2 0 1 118 24 133
Arkansas 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Louisiana 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 2
Oklahoma 12 0 0 0 0 4 2 6
Texas 267 12 2 0 1 114 22 116
WEST 801 66 10 0 4 400 83 238
Mountain 562 63 7 0 1 296 61 134
Arizona 273 32 6 0 1 141 10 83
Colorado 23 1 1 0 0 16 0 5
Idaho 92 0 0 0 0 46 46 0
Montana 30 1 0 0 0 23 3 3
Nevada 11 0 0 0 0 9 0 2
New Mexico 101 27 0 0 0 52 1 21
Utah 7 2 0 0 0 3 0 2
Wyoming 25 0 0 0 0 6 1 18
Pacific 239 3 3 0 3 104 22 104
Alaska 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
California 185 2 3 0 3 90 14 73
Hawaii 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Oregon 32 0 0 0 0 3 5 24
Washington 21 1 0 0 0 10 3 7
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 9 2 0 0 0 2 2 3
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 8 2 0 0 0 1 2 3
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  • 1Location data for 15 victim officers who were assaulted with "Other" weapons were not reported by the National Park Service.