Table 87

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2017

Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons
Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion
Number of victim officers	60,211	100.0	2,677	4.4	1,083	1.8	10,209	17.0	46,242	76.8
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	14,581	100.0	895	6.1	307	2.1	2,545	17.5	10,834	74.3
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999)	7,515	100.0	233	3.1	130	1.7	1,175	15.6	5,977	79.5
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999)	6,906	100.0	245	3.5	123	1.8	903	13.1	5,635	81.6
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999)	5,239	100.0	169	3.2	94	1.8	996	19.0	3,980	76.0
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999)	4,751	100.0	148	3.1	60	1.3	964	20.3	3,579	75.3
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	4,868	100.0	135	2.8	86	1.8	720	14.8	3,927	80.7
Metropolitan counties	13,391	100.0	651	4.9	228	1.7	2,328	17.4	10,184	76.1
Nonmetropolitan counties	2,960	100.0	201	6.8	55	1.9	578	19.5	2,126	71.8

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