Table 124
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms While Wearing Body Armor
Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition, 2009–2018
Type of firearm | 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 firearms while wearing body armor | Total | 691 | 70 | 60 | 68 | 63 | 89 | 66 | 67 | 95 | 70 | 43 |
Handgun | Total | 473 | 49 | 45 | 45 | 49 | 63 | 48 | 46 | 57 | 41 | 30 |
.22-caliber | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
.223-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.25-caliber | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.32-caliber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
.357-caliber | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
.357 Magnum | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
.38-caliber | 43 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |
.380-caliber | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
.40-caliber | 79 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | |
.41-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
.410-gauge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.44-caliber | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.44 Magnum | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.45-caliber | 68 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
9 millimeter | 149 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 11 | |
10 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Unknown | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
Not reported | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Rifle | Total | 121 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 9 |
.22-caliber | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
.22 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.223-caliber | 20 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
.30-06-caliber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.30-30-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.308-caliber | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.40-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.45-caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
5.45x39 millimeter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
5.56x45 millimeter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
6.5 millimeter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
7 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7.62 millimeter | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
7.62x39 millimeter | 42 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | |
7.62x51 millimeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
7.62x54 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 millimeter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Unknown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Not reported | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Shotgun | Total | 65 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
12-gauge | 46 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
20-gauge | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.410-gauge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Unknown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Not reported | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Multiple firearms used by offender(s)1 | Total | 25 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Unknown | Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Not reported | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
- 1Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s)."
- 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.