Table 108
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments
Officer Assaulted and Injured with Own Weapon, Victim Officer's Type of Weapon, 2010–2019
Type of weapon | Size of ammunition | Total | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Number of victim officers assaulted and injured with own weapon | Total | 24 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Handgun | Total | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
.357-caliber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.38-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.40-caliber | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
.45-caliber | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 millimeter | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Knife1 | Total | 3 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other cutting instrument1 | Total | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 1Prior to 2011, 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.