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Table 124

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

Officer Assaulted and Injured with Firearm While Wearing Body Armor, Type of Firearm, 2010–2019

Type of firearm Size of ammunition Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of victim officers assaulted and injured with firearms while wearing body armor Total 679 60 68 63 89 66 67 95 70 43 58
Handgun Total 463 45 45 49 63 48 46 57 41 30 39
.22-caliber 15 4 2 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0
.223-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
.25-caliber 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
.32-caliber 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
.357-caliber 14 3 2 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 0
.357 Magnum 13 1 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
.38-caliber 43 1 5 3 4 7 5 7 4 4 3
.380-caliber 25 1 1 6 3 0 3 3 4 2 2
.40-caliber 81 5 11 7 10 12 7 9 7 5 8
.40-60-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
.41-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
.410-gauge 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
.44-caliber 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.44 Magnum 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
.45-caliber 68 12 7 7 14 8 3 6 3 3 5
9 millimeter 151 13 12 15 20 16 14 22 16 11 12
10 millimeter 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown 18 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 4 0 0
Not reported 16 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 3
Rifle Total 127 8 10 7 11 9 15 26 18 9 14
.22-caliber 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
.22 Magnum 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.223-caliber 21 1 5 1 0 2 0 4 5 0 3
.30-06-caliber 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
.30-30-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
.308-caliber 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
.40-caliber 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.45-caliber 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
5.45x39 millimeter 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0
5.56x45 millimeter 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
6.5 millimeter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 millimeter 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7.62 millimeter 8 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
7.62x39 millimeter 41 2 3 0 3 5 9 7 7 3 2
7.62x51 millimeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7.62x54 millimeter 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 millimeter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Unknown 13 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 7
Not reported 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2
Shotgun Total 55 7 10 2 9 7 3 8 6 2 1
12-gauge 38 2 7 1 6 7 2 5 5 2 1
20-gauge 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.410-gauge 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Unknown 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Not reported 8 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
Multiple firearms1 Total 29 — 3 5 4 1 3 3 4 2 4
Unknown Total 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Not reported Total 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
  • 1Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms."
  • 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.