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Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Type of Weapon and Percent Injured, 2008–2017

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Year	Total	Percent injured	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons		Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Year	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Number of victim officers	554,443	27.6	22,130	9.7	9,652	12.8	80,269	23.6	442,392	29.6
2008	61,087	26.0	2,292	8.3	958	13.0	8,466	22.8	49,371	27.7	10,835	238,730,830	541,906
2009	58,364	26.0	2,007	8.1	886	12.4	7,966	23.5	47,505	27.4	11,691	245,925,716	560,387
2010	56,491	26.5	1,925	11.1	918	12.1	7,413	23.8	46,235	27.8	11,826	248,726,641	557,884
2011	55,631	26.6	2,240	9.0	1,003	15.0	7,856	22.4	44,532	28.5	12,031	254,534,862	539,282
2012	53,867	27.7	2,276	9.9	909	13.1	7,435	24.2	43,247	29.6	11,794	250,150,500	525,217
2013	50,802	29.1	2,299	10.7	901	14.0	7,042	27.0	40,560	30.8	11,958	256,689,224	551,893
2014	48,988	28.5	1,976	9.2	966	12.6	6,976	23.9	39,070	30.7	11,235	246,680,861	543,331
2015	50,991	28.4	2,050	9.2	921	11.7	7,705	24.7	40,315	30.5	12,102	251,555,223	547,398
2016	58,011	28.8	2,388	11.4	1,107	10.5	9,201	23.3	45,315	31.3	12,293	269,400,621	593,097
2017	60,211	29.0	2,677	10.2	1,083	14.1	10,209	22.0	46,242	32.0	12,198	269,607,605	596,604

NOTE: Assault figures published in prior years' editions of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted have been updated for inclusion in this table.