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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, 2010–2019

Victim officer Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of victim officers Total 1,031 104 110 105 126 106 102 119 103 81 75
Wearing body armor Total 911 85 97 91 111 100 90 108 95 67 67
In uniform 856 78 89 80 108 98 86 104 84 63 66
Not in uniform 52 7 8 11 1 1 4 4 11 4 1
Wearing uniform not reported 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Wearing holster Total 1,004 97 106 104 122 105 100 117 100 81 72
In uniform 901 86 92 87 114 100 95 107 85 66 69
Not in uniform 98 11 14 16 8 5 5 10 15 12 2
Wearing uniform not reported 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
  • 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.