Table 122
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments
Number of Victim Officers Wearing Uniform or Other Law Enforcement Identification Evident, 2015–20191
| Victim officer | Type of uniform or other identification | Total | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 480 | 102 | 119 | 103 | 81 | 75 |
| Wearing uniform | Total | 425 | 97 | 108 | 85 | 66 | 69 |
| Patrol | 350 | 75 | 87 | 73 | 57 | 58 | |
| Tactical | 49 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 8 | |
| Utility | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Other type of uniform | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Unknown type of uniform | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Type of uniform not reported | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Not in uniform | Total | 47 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 3 |
| Armband | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Badge displayed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raid jacket with law enforcement markings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Verbal identification | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Vest with law enforcement markings | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Multiple forms of identification | 25 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | |
| Other identification | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| No identification | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other identification not reported | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wearing uniform not reported | Total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
- 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.
- 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.
