Table 112
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments
Circumstance Encountered by Victim Officer upon Arrival at Scene of Incident, 2014–20181
| Circumstance | Total | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 511 | 106 | 102 | 119 | 103 | 81 |
| Administrative assignment | Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Prisoner transport | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Other administrative assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ambush (entrapment/premeditation) | Total | 43 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 8 |
| Arrest situation | Total | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| Verbal advisement only | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Assist another law enforcement officer | Total | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Deploying/providing equipment (traffic cones, flares, etc.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Foot pursuit | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Officer down (requiring emergency assistance) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Officer requiring emergency assistance (not pursuit) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vehicular pursuit | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other emergency circumstance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other nonemergency circumstance | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Assist motorist | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Citizen complaint | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Animal bite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Animal disturbance (barking dog, unleashed dog, etc.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Business check | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Check on welfare of citizen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drug complaint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Traffic complaint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Verbal complaint of noncriminal violation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Disorder/disturbance | Total | 41 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Disturbance call (disorderly subject, fight, etc.) | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, no assault) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Domestic violence | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Encounter or assist an emotionally disturbed person | Total | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Investigative/enforcement | Total | 266 | 50 | 61 | 55 | 53 | 47 |
| Drug-related matter (drug bust, buy, etc.) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Handling person with mental illness | 31 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| Investigate motor vehicle crash | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Investigate possible DUI/DWI suspect (operating a vehicle) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Investigate suspicious person/circumstance | 42 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | |
| Investigative activity | 52 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 19 | |
| Tactical situation | 89 | 12 | 23 | 28 | 16 | 10 | |
| Traffic stop (felony traffic stop) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) | 18 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Undercover situation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wanted person | 20 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Pursuit | Total | 45 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 7 |
| Foot | 27 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | |
| Vehicular | 18 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| Respond to alarm | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Respond to crime in progress | Total | 31 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Assault | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Burglary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larceny-theft | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Person with firearm (no shots fired) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbery | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Shooting/shots fired | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tampering with vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other crime against person | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other crime against property | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Respond to report of crime | Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Assault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larceny-theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Motor vehicle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Person with firearm (no shots fired) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shooting/shots fired | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tampering with vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other crime against person | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other crime against property | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Traffic control (crash scene, directing traffic, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprovoked attack | Total | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Other | Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
- 1Ten years of data for the topics presented in this table are not available at this time. A 10-year table is expected to be available for the publication of 2020 data.
- 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.
