Table 88
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,1 2019
Circumstance | Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Other dangerous weapon |
Personal weapons |
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Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
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Number of victim officers | 56,034 | 100.0 | 2,141 | 3.8 | 1,037 | 1.9 | 8,440 | 15.1 | 44,416 | 79.3 |
Disturbance call | 17,048 | 100.0 | 711 | 4.2 | 419 | 2.5 | 1,858 | 10.9 | 14,060 | 82.5 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 710 | 100.0 | 37 | 5.2 | 27 | 3.8 | 127 | 17.9 | 519 | 73.1 |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 469 | 100.0 | 79 | 16.8 | 9 | 1.9 | 111 | 23.7 | 270 | 57.6 |
Attempting other arrest | 9,592 | 100.0 | 257 | 2.7 | 145 | 1.5 | 1,224 | 12.8 | 7,966 | 83.0 |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 488 | 100.0 | 6 | 1.2 | 6 | 1.2 | 69 | 14.1 | 407 | 83.4 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | 7,192 | 100.0 | 31 | 0.4 | 22 | 0.3 | 802 | 11.2 | 6,337 | 88.1 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | 5,547 | 100.0 | 271 | 4.9 | 130 | 2.3 | 862 | 15.5 | 4,284 | 77.2 |
Ambush situation | 245 | 100.0 | 80 | 32.7 | 6 | 2.4 | 52 | 21.2 | 107 | 43.7 |
Handling person with mental illness | 2,215 | 100.0 | 80 | 3.6 | 81 | 3.7 | 260 | 11.7 | 1,794 | 81.0 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | 4,687 | 100.0 | 267 | 5.7 | 41 | 0.9 | 1,817 | 38.8 | 2,562 | 54.7 |
All other | 7,841 | 100.0 | 322 | 4.1 | 151 | 1.9 | 1,258 | 16.0 | 6,110 | 77.9 |
- 1Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.