Table 78
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Department, Agency, and Office by Activity of Victim Officer, 2018 1
| Department/Agency | Agency/Office | Total |
Arrest/ summons |
Court duty |
Custody of prisoner |
Investi- gation/ search |
Patrol/ guard duty |
Protection duty |
Office duty |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 1,768 | 451 | 22 | 120 | 219 | 853 | 14 | 15 | 74 |
| U.S. Capitol Police | Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U.S. Forest Service, Law Enforcement and Investigations | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. Department of Defense | Total | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Security Agency | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pentagon Force Protection Agency | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. Department of the Army | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. Department of the Navy, Commander, Navy Installations Command | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Institutes of Health Police | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Total | 751 | 48 | 1 | 33 | 22 | 610 | 14 | 10 | 13 |
| Federal Protective Service | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) | 634 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 593 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| CBP, Air and Marine Operations | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| CBP, Office of Field Operations | 75 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| CBP, U.S. Border Patrol | 529 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 499 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 75 | 41 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| U.S. Secret Service | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | |
| U.S. Department of the Interior | Total | 689 | 238 | 0 | 33 | 164 | 198 | 0 | 3 | 53 |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | 511 | 237 | 0 | 33 | 161 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 16 | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Park Service | 167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Refuge Law Enforcement | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Total | 271 | 160 | 21 | 50 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| U.S. Marshals Service | 227 | 147 | 21 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| U.S. Department of the Treasury | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U.S. Mint Police | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. Postal Service | Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U.S. Postal Inspection Service (including the U.S. Postal Police) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 1This table includes federal agencies that indicated one or more of their law enforcement officers were killed or assaulted. To view a full list of participating federal agencies, refer to Table 71.
