Table 108
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments with Own Weapons
Victim Officer's Type of Weapon, 2009–2018
Type of weapon | Size of ammunition | Total | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Number of victim officers assaulted and injured with own weapon | Total | 25 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Handgun | Total | 21 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
.357-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.38-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.40-caliber | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
.45-caliber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 millimeter | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Rifle | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shotgun | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Knife or other cutting instrument1 | Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Knife1 | Total | 3 | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other cutting instrument1 | Total | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 1For 2009 and 2010, the type of weapon categories "Knife" and "Other cutting instrument" were combined.
- 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.