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Table 75

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Department/Agency by Type of Weapon, 2015–20191

Year Department/Agency Total Firearm Knife or
other cutting
instrument 		Bomb Blunt
instrument 		Personal
weapons 		Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers Total 8,475 630 172 0 218 3,759 652 3,044
20152,3,4 Total 1,340 97 33 0 135 547 89 439
U.S. Capitol Police 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 11
U.S. Department of Homeland Security 488 26 4 0 134 213 56 55
U.S. Department of the Interior 570 16 5 0 1 204 6 338
U.S. Department of Justice 264 54 24 0 0 130 25 31
U.S. Department of the Treasury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U.S. Postal Inspection Service 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
20162,3,4 Total 1,447 104 40 0 26 622 99 556
U.S. Capitol Police 25 2 2 0 3 0 3 15
U.S. Department of Homeland Security 503 17 7 0 12 210 57 200
U.S. Department of the Interior 621 24 13 0 10 241 19 314
U.S. Department of Justice 298 61 18 0 1 171 20 27
20174,5 Total 1,784 116 19 0 21 676 142 810
U.S. Capitol Police 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 13
U.S. Department of Defense 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
U.S. Department of Homeland Security 687 61 7 0 16 403 36 164
U.S. Department of the Interior 724 15 8 0 1 265 62 373
U.S. Department of Justice 333 37 4 0 4 8 43 237
U.S. Department of the Treasury 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
20185,6 Total 1,768 133 57 0 12 797 106 663
U.S. Capitol Police 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 14
U.S. Department of Agriculture 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 3
U.S. Department of Defense 16 0 0 0 0 3 2 11
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
U.S. Department of Homeland Security 751 23 7 0 6 374 62 279
U.S. Department of the Interior 689 34 34 0 4 279 17 321
U.S. Department of Justice 271 72 13 0 2 141 19 24
U.S. Department of the Treasury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U.S. Postal Service 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 7
20196,7 Total 2,136 180 23 0 24 1,117 216 576
U.S. Department of Agriculture 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
U.S. Department of Defense 47 3 0 0 0 44 0 0
U.S. Department of Homeland Security 733 49 3 0 14 375 61 231
U.S. Department of the Interior 978 33 10 0 10 494 119 312
U.S. Department of Justice 369 95 9 0 0 204 34 27
U.S. Postal Service 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
  • 1This table includes federal agencies that indicated one or more of their law enforcement officers were killed or assaulted. To view a full list of 2018 and 2019 participating federal agencies,
    refer to Table 71.
  • 2For 2015 and 2016, data were not reported by the U.S. Department of Defense.
  • 3For 2015 and 2016, data requests to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were inadvertently received and addressed by entities within ICE that did not possess the appropriate resources to provide comprehensive and complete data; therefore, caution must be taken when comparing 2015 and 2016 data to 2017, 2018, and 2019 data.
  • 4For 2015, 2016, and 2017, data were not reported by the Federal Protective Service; the U.S. Department of Agriculture; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the U.S. Mint Police; and the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General.
  • 5For 2017 and 2018, data were not reported by the U.S. Marine Corps.
  • 6For 2018 and 2019, data were not reported by the Internal Revenue Service.
  • 7For 2019, data were not reported by the Commander, Navy Installations Command; the National Security Agency; the Pentagon Force Protection Agency; the
    U.S. Capitol Police; and the U.S. Mint Police.