Table 75
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Department/Agency by Type of Weapon, 2015–20191
Year | Department/Agency | Total | Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
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Number of victim officers | Total | 8,475 | 630 | 172 | 0 | 218 | 3,759 | 652 | 3,044 |
20152,3,4 | Total | 1,340 | 97 | 33 | 0 | 135 | 547 | 89 | 439 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 488 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 134 | 213 | 56 | 55 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 570 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 6 | 338 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 264 | 54 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 25 | 31 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
20162,3,4 | Total | 1,447 | 104 | 40 | 0 | 26 | 622 | 99 | 556 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 503 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 210 | 57 | 200 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 621 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 241 | 19 | 314 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 298 | 61 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 171 | 20 | 27 | |
20174,5 | Total | 1,784 | 116 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 676 | 142 | 810 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
U.S. Department of Defense | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 687 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 403 | 36 | 164 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 724 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 265 | 62 | 373 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 333 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 237 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20185,6 | Total | 1,768 | 133 | 57 | 0 | 12 | 797 | 106 | 663 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
U.S. Department of Agriculture | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
U.S. Department of Defense | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 751 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 374 | 62 | 279 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 689 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 279 | 17 | 321 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 271 | 72 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 141 | 19 | 24 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
U.S. Postal Service | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
20196,7 | Total | 2,136 | 180 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 1,117 | 216 | 576 |
U.S. Department of Agriculture | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
U.S. Department of Defense | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 733 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 375 | 61 | 231 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 978 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 494 | 119 | 312 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 369 | 95 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 34 | 27 | |
U.S. Postal Service | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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1This table includes federal agencies that indicated one or more of their law enforcement officers were killed or assaulted. To view a full list of 2018 and 2019 participating federal agencies,
refer to Table 71. - 2For 2015 and 2016, data were not reported by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- 3For 2015 and 2016, data requests to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were inadvertently received and addressed by entities within ICE that did not possess the appropriate resources to provide comprehensive and complete data; therefore, caution must be taken when comparing 2015 and 2016 data to 2017, 2018, and 2019 data.
- 4For 2015, 2016, and 2017, data were not reported by the Federal Protective Service; the U.S. Department of Agriculture; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the U.S. Mint Police; and the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General.
- 5For 2017 and 2018, data were not reported by the U.S. Marine Corps.
- 6For 2018 and 2019, data were not reported by the Internal Revenue Service.
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7For 2019, data were not reported by the Commander, Navy Installations Command; the National Security Agency; the Pentagon Force Protection Agency; the
U.S. Capitol Police; and the U.S. Mint Police.