Table 115
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments
Officer Assaulted and Injured During Traffic-Related Incident1, Location of Offender by Location of Victim Officer, 2015–20192
Location of offender | Total |
Approaching offender(s) |
Approaching suspect's vehicle |
Returning to victim officer's vehicle |
Seated in victim officer's vehicle |
Standing in vicinity of suspect's vehicle |
Standing in vicinity of victim officer's vehicle |
Other | Unknown | Not reported | ||||
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On driver's side |
On passenger's side |
Prior to approaching suspect's vehicle |
After obtaining contact with offender(s) |
On driver's side |
On passenger's side |
On driver's side |
On passenger's side |
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Number of victim officers assaulted and injured during traffic-related incidents | 38 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Prone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
On ground | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
On vehicle/object | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seated | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In suspect's vehicle | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In victim officer's vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Outside in vicinity of suspect's vehicle |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Outside in vicinity of victim officer's vehicle |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Standing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
In vicinity of suspect's vehicle |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In vicinity of victim officer's vehicle |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Unrestricted movement | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Outside of suspect's vehicle |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Outside of victim officer's vehicle |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multiple locations due to multiple offenders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not reported | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
- 1Traffic-related incidents including traffic stops (high-risk traffic stops and traffic violation stops), investigating possible DUI/DWI suspects, and assisting motorists.
- 2Ten 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.
- NOTE: For 2015 through 2019, 34 of the 38 victim officers who were assaulted and injured with firearms, knives, or other cutting instruments during traffic-related incidents contacted radio dispatchers prior to or during the attack.
- 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.