Table 125
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments
Officer Assaulted and Injured with Firearm While Wearing Body Armor, Point of Entry for Torso Wounds, 2010–2019
Point of entry | Total | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Number of victim officers assaulted and injured with firearms while wearing body armor and receiving torso wounds | 261 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 23 |
Entered between side panels of vest | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Entered through armhole or shoulder area of vest | 31 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Entered above vest (collarbone area, etc.) | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Entered below vest (abdominal or lower back area) | 57 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
Penetrated through vest (round more powerful than vest's capabilities/specifications) | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Penetrated through vest (body armor failure) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vest not penetrated (blunt force trauma)1 | 65 | — | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Multiple points of entry1 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not reported | 51 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
- 1Beginning in 2011, two new options were added: "Vest not penetrated (blunt force trauma)" and "Multiple points of entry."
- 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.