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Table 123

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

Number of Victim Officers Wearing Body Armor, Holster, or Uniform, 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
Wearing body armor Total 935 92 85 97 91 111 100 90 108 95 66
In uniform 875 86 78 89 80 108 98 86 104 84 62
Not in uniform 57 6 7 8 11 1 1 4 4 11 4
Wearing uniform not reported 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Wearing holster Total 1,035 103 97 106 104 122 105 100 117 100 81
In uniform 923 92 86 92 87 114 100 95 107 85 65
Not in uniform 107 11 11 14 16 8 5 5 10 15 12
Wearing uniform not reported 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
  • 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.