Table 132
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments
Status of Known Offender at Time of Incident, 2010–2019
Status | Total | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
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Number of known offenders | Total | 903 | 112 | 99 | 96 | 109 | 93 | 85 | 98 | 82 | 68 | 61 |
Under judicial supervision | Total | 190 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 9 |
Conditional release, pending criminal prosecution | 33 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
Escapee from mental institution1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
Escapee from penal institution | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Halfway house | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Home confinement/house arrest1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
Parole | 53 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | |
Patient in mental institution1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
Probation | 87 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | |
Serving time in penal institution2 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Other judicial supervision2 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Multiple forms of judicial supervision | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Known to agency as | Anti-government/political 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Anti-law enforcement 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
Controlled substance dealer | 76 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | |
Controlled substance possessor | 96 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
Controlled substance user | 139 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 5 | |
Domestic terrorist4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
Gang member/affiliated with gang member(s) 5 | 64 | — | 10 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | |
Having history of assaulting/threatening law enforcement officer(s) 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
International terrorist 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
Known or suspected terrorist (domestic or international) 4,5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
Militia member 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
Sovereign citizen3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
Survivalist 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
Violent offender 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
Other 5 | 143 | — | 12 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 29 | 19 | 24 | 0 | |
Use of alcohol and/or controlled substance | Under influence | 259 | 27 | 36 | 27 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 14 |
Alcohol | 77 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |
Controlled substance6 | 14 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Amphetamines/methamphetamines | 44 | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |
Barbiturates | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cocaine (all forms except Crack) | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Crack/cocaine | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hashish/hash oil | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Heroin | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (a.k.a. LSD) | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marijuana | 27 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Morphine | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Opium/opiate | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phencyclidine (a.k.a. PCP) | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Synthetic cathinones (a.k.a. bath salts)7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
Other dangerous drug/substance | 9 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Other depressants not listed | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Other narcotics not listed | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Multiple forms of substances | 73 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
Type of drug/substance not reported | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Not under influence | 128 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 0 | |
Use of alcohol/controlled substance unknown | 497 | 63 | 46 | 45 | 62 | 48 | 42 | 52 | 50 | 42 | 47 | |
Use of alcohol/controlled substance not reported | 19 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Known to agency as having prior mental disorders | Total | 87 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
Relationship between victim officer and offender | Prior relationship through law enforcement (arrest, investigation, etc.) | 87 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Prior relationship through non-law enforcement (acquaintance, neighbor, relative, etc.) |
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
No known relationship | 807 | 101 | 86 | 87 | 97 | 85 | 75 | 84 | 74 | 61 | 57 | |
Not reported | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 1Beginning in 2019, new options were added, including: "Escapee from mental institution," "Home confinement/house arrest," and "Patient in mental institution."
- 2Beginning in 2011, new options were added, including: "Serving time in penal institution" and "Other judicial supervision."
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3Beginning in 2019, new options were added, including: "Anti-government/political," "Anti-law enforcement," "Having history of assaulting/threatening law enforcement officer(s)," "Militia member," "Sovereign citizen," "Survivalist,"
and "Violent offender." - 4From 2011 through 2018, "Domestic terrorist" and "International terrorist" were combined.
- 5Beginning in 2011, new options were added, including: "Gang member/affiliated with gang member(s)," "Known or suspected terrorist (domestic or international)," and "Other."
- 6Beginning in 2011, new options were added to indicate the type of controlled substance the offender had used at the time of the incident.
- 7Beginning in 2019, a new option was added to the list of controlled substances: "Synthetic cathinones (a.k.a. Bath salts)."
- 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.