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Table 117

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

State and Agency by Type of Weapon, 2019

State Agency Total Total
firearms
Handgun Rifle Shotgun Multiple
firearms
Type of
firearm not
reported
Knife Other
cutting
instrument
Multiple types
of weapons
1
Number of victim officers Total 75 66 46 16 3 0 0 9 1 0
ALABAMA Total 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auburn 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Birmingham 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CALIFORNIA Total 6 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hawthorne 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Highway Patrol, Riverside 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pittsburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
San Joaquin County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COLORADO Total 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greeley 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DELAWARE Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
New Castle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metropolitan 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLORIDA Total 9 7 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brevard County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clay County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Escambia County 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eustis 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palm Beach County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pasco County 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Palm Beach 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
GEORGIA Total 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DeKalb County 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henry County 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Savannah 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KENTUCKY Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McCreary County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOUISIANA Total 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandeville 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Orleans 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MARYLAND Total 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Baltimore 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltimore County Police 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
State Police, Westminister 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MICHIGAN Total 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Battle Creek 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Detroit 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monroe 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saginaw Township 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MISSOURI Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wright County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW JERSEY Total 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Irvington Department of Public Safety 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jersey City 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW YORK Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jamestown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NORTH CAROLINA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guilford County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OHIO Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clermont County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OKLAHOMA Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cache 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comanche County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OREGON Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salem 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENNSYLVANIA Total 6 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
State Police, Mansfield 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEXAS Total 13 11 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Arlington 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gaines County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Henderson County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hewitt 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Houston 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laredo 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Antonio 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
VIRGINIA Total 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Fairfax County 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
WASHINGTON Total 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kittitas 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tacoma 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
WISCONSIN Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appleton 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clark County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1The offender(s) used multiple weapons during the incident, such as a firearm, knife, and/or other cutting instrument.
  • 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.