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Home LEOKA 2018 Tables Table 132

Table 132

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

Status of Known Offender at Time of Incident, 2009–2018

Status Total 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Number of known offenders Total 943 102 112 99 96 109 93 85 98 82 67
Under judicial supervision Total 198 17 16 18 20 24 15 19 26 24 19
Conditional release, pending criminal prosecution 34 4 2 2 5 6 1 2 5 6 1
Escapee from penal institution 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Halfway house 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parole 56 6 4 3 5 9 6 2 7 9 5
Probation 92 7 10 9 7 9 8 14 10 8 10
Serving time in penal institution1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Other judicial supervision1 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Multiple forms of judicial supervision 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Known to agency as Controlled substance dealer 83 15 13 6 5 7 12 9 7 6 3
Controlled substance possessor 105 13 16 15 11 11 13 6 9 5 6
Controlled substance user 152 18 24 15 18 20 18 7 14 8 10
Known or suspected gang member 2 64 10 5 11 9 4 9 10 6
Known or suspected terrorist (domestic or international) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Other2 143 12 10 15 14 20 29 19 24
Use of alcohol and/or controlled substance Under influence 260 14 27 36 27 32 27 25 31 25 16
Alcohol 83 8 8 12 10 13 5 7 7 9 4
Controlled substance3 18 4 14
Amphetamines/methamphetamines 38 4 2 6 5 4 6 7 4
Barbiturates 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Cocaine (all forms except Crack) 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
Crack/cocaine 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hashish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heroin 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
LSD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marijuana 25 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 3
Morphine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PCP 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Other depressants not listed 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Other hallucinogens not listed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other narcotics not listed 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Other stimulants not listed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other dangerous drug/substance 8 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
Multiple forms of substances 74 2 5 12 8 8 11 8 11 5 4
Not under influence 155 28 22 15 16 10 16 17 15 7 9
Use of alcohol/controlled substance unknown 509 60 63 46 45 62 48 42 52 50 41
Use of alcohol/controlled substance not reported 19 0 0 2 8 5 2 1 0 0 1
Known to agency as having prior mental disorders Total 86 9 6 13 12 5 8 10 9 6 8
Relationship between victim officer and offender Prior relationship through law enforcement (arrest, investigation, etc.) 92 9 10 13 8 11 6 9 11 8 7
Prior relationship through non-law enforcement (acquaintance, neighbor,
relative, etc.)
7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0
No known relationship 841 92 101 86 87 97 85 75 84 74 60
Not reported 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
  • 1Beginning in 2011, new options were added, including: "Serving time in penal institution" and "Other judicial supervision."
  • 2Beginning in 2011, new options were added, including: "Known or suspected gang member," "Known or suspected terrorist (domestic or international)," and "Other."
  • 3Beginning in 2011, new options were added to indicate the type of controlled substance the offender had used at the time of the incident.
  • 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.