Table 84
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment and Percent Distribution,1 2019
Circumstance | Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
2-Officer vehicle | 1-Officer vehicle | Detective/special assignment | Other | ||||||||||
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Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | |||||||||||
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Number of victim officers | 56,034 | 100.0 | 9,700 | 17.3 | 14,259 | 25.4 | 20,514 | 36.6 | 638 | 1.1 | 1,418 | 2.5 | 2,298 | 4.1 | 7,207 | 12.9 |
Disturbance call | 17,048 | 100.0 | 3,036 | 17.8 | 4,364 | 25.6 | 7,359 | 43.2 | 119 | 0.7 | 192 | 1.1 | 378 | 2.2 | 1,600 | 9.4 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 710 | 100.0 | 111 | 15.6 | 198 | 27.9 | 318 | 44.8 | 10 | 1.4 | 19 | 2.7 | 8 | 1.1 | 46 | 6.5 |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 469 | 100.0 | 94 | 20.0 | 110 | 23.5 | 183 | 39.0 | 6 | 1.3 | 25 | 5.3 | 10 | 2.1 | 41 | 8.7 |
Attempting other arrest | 9,592 | 100.0 | 1,608 | 16.8 | 2,367 | 24.7 | 3,719 | 38.8 | 120 | 1.3 | 401 | 4.2 | 282 | 2.9 | 1,095 | 11.4 |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 488 | 100.0 | 47 | 9.6 | 113 | 23.2 | 163 | 33.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 23 | 4.7 | 32 | 6.6 | 104 | 21.3 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | 7,192 | 100.0 | 1,090 | 15.2 | 1,378 | 19.2 | 1,976 | 27.5 | 84 | 1.2 | 130 | 1.8 | 530 | 7.4 | 2,004 | 27.9 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | 5,547 | 100.0 | 996 | 18.0 | 1,677 | 30.2 | 2,045 | 36.9 | 101 | 1.8 | 188 | 3.4 | 170 | 3.1 | 370 | 6.7 |
Ambush situation | 245 | 100.0 | 59 | 24.1 | 75 | 30.6 | 33 | 13.5 | 8 | 3.3 | 9 | 3.7 | 28 | 11.4 | 33 | 13.5 |
Handling person with mental illness | 2,215 | 100.0 | 340 | 15.3 | 511 | 23.1 | 971 | 43.8 | 14 | 0.6 | 18 | 0.8 | 76 | 3.4 | 285 | 12.9 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | 4,687 | 100.0 | 922 | 19.7 | 1,607 | 34.3 | 1,684 | 35.9 | 53 | 1.1 | 144 | 3.1 | 52 | 1.1 | 225 | 4.8 |
All other | 7,841 | 100.0 | 1,397 | 17.8 | 1,859 | 23.7 | 2,063 | 26.3 | 117 | 1.5 | 269 | 3.4 | 732 | 9.3 | 1,404 | 17.9 |
- 1Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.