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Home LEOKA 2019 Tables Table 110

Table 110

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

Time of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2015–20191

Time Total Two-officer
patrol
One-
officer
patrol
Court/
prisoner
security
Investigative/
detective
Plainclothes
assignment
Special
assignment
Tactical
assignment
(uniformed)
Undercover Other 2 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 480 75 69 173 2 2 1 22 2 12 5 28 0 53 0 11 0 10 15
Total a.m. hours 197 17 29 79 1 1 1 11 1 3 3 9 0 28 0 1 0 5 8
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 47 5 7 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 6
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 26 2 6 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 16 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 25 1 3 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 36 3 6 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
10:01 a.m.–Noon 47 5 6 18 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 2 0
Total p.m. hours 282 58 40 93 1 1 0 11 1 9 2 19 0 25 0 10 0 5 7
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 38 6 8 15 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 39 5 3 11 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 2
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 55 11 10 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 6 0 0 1
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 38 7 6 12 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 1
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 56 13 8 12 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 8 0 4 0 1 0 3 2
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 56 16 5 26 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
Not reported 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1Ten years of data for the topics presented in this table are not available at this time. A 10-year table is expected to be available for the publication of 2020 data.
  • 2Includes 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.