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Table 109

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

Time of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2018

Time Total Two-officer
patrol 		One-
officer
patrol 		Investigative/
detective 		Tactical
assignment
(uniformed) 		Plainclothes
assignment 		Special
assignment 		Undercover Court/
prisoner
security 		Other1 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 81 12 12 26 1 2 0 10 1 4 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 3
Total a.m. hours 32 6 3 9 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10:01 a.m.–Noon 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total p.m. hours 49 6 9 17 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 12 1 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 12 2 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 6 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1Includes officers on overtime/extra duty activities and other types of assignments not listed.
  • 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.