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Home LEOKA 2019 Tables Table 109

Table 109

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

Time of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2019

Time Total Two-officer
patrol
One-
officer
patrol
Court/
prisoner
security
Investigative/
detective
Plainclothes
assignment
Special
assignment
Tactical
assignment
(uniformed)
Undercover Other1 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 75 12 13 27 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 6 0 5 0 2 3
Total a.m. hours 29 1 6 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 7 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 6 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10:01 a.m.–Noon 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total p.m. hours 46 11 7 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 5 0 0 1
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 8 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 15 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 12 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1Includes officers on overtime/extra duty activities and other types of assignments not listed.
  • 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.