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Table 126

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

Officer Assaulted and Injured with Firearm While Wearing Body Armor, Type of Firearm Penetrating Victim Officer's Body Armor, 2010–2019

Type of firearm Size of ammunition Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of victim officers assaulted and injured with firearms and body armor was penetrated Total 15 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1
Handgun Total 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
.40-caliber 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.44-caliber 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 millimeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rifle Total 10 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
.223-caliber 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.30-06-caliber 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.308-caliber 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5.45x39 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
6.5 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7.62 millimeter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7.62x39 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Not reported 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shotgun Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 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.