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Table 107

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

Victim Officer Assaulted and Injured with Own Weapon, Disarmed1 of Weapon or Weapon Taken from Victim Officer, and Weapon Stolen2 by Offender, 2009–2018

Victim officer Total 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Number of victim officers Total 1,062 106 104 110 105 126 106 102 119 103 81
Assaulted and injured with own weapon Total 25 2 2 5 3 3 3 2 2 1 2
Disarmed of weapon/weapon taken from victim officer Total 21 1 1 5 3 2 3 2 2 0 2
Weapon stolen 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1
Weapon not stolen 15 0 1 5 1 1 3 2 1 0 1
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not disarmed of weapon/weapon not taken from victim officer Total 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Weapon stolen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Weapon not stolen 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disarmed of weapon/weapon taken information not reported Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assaulted and injured with weapon other than own Total 1,034 104 102 105 102 122 102 100 117 101 79
Disarmed of weapon/weapon taken from victim officer Total 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not disarmed of weapon/weapon not taken from victim officer Total 1,028 103 101 105 101 122 102 100 117 99 78
Weapon stolen 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 1,026 103 100 104 101 122 102 100 117 99 78
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disarmed of weapon/weapon taken information not reported Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assaulted and injured with weapon information not reported Total 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Disarmed of weapon/weapon taken from victim officer Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not disarmed of weapon/weapon not taken from victim officer Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disarmed of weapon/weapon taken information not reported Total 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
  • 1The term "disarmed" indicates the victim officer was physically disarmed of one or more of his or her weapons by the offender(s) during the incident.
  • 2The term "stolen" indicates a weapon issued to the victim officer was taken from the scene of the incident by the offender(s).
  • NOTE: The term "weapon" includes all weapon types that may be issued to a law enforcement officer.
  • 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.