Table 33

Criminal Justice Information Services Division

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 2001–2010

Circumstance		Total	Total firearms	Handgun	Rifle	Shotgun	Type of firearm not reported	Knife or other cutting instrument	Bomb	Blunt instrument	Personal weapons	Vehicle
Number of victim officers	Total	541	498	362	99	36	1	2	2	2	1	36
Disturbance call	Total	75	72	49	15	8	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.)	33	33	20	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.)	42	39	29	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	2
Arrest situation	Total	123	119	102	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	4
	Burglary in progress/ pursuing burglary suspect	14	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Robbery in progress/ pursuing robbery suspect	43	41	38	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Drug-related matter	17	16	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Attempting other arrest	49	49	39	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	Total	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	Total	61	58	50	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	1
Ambush situation	Total	120	118	61	46	11	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Entrapment/premeditation	42	42	16	19	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Unprovoked attack	78	76	45	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.)	Total	11	9	7	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Handling person with mental illness	Total	12	11	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Traffic pursuit/stop	Total	95	68	58	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	26
	Felony vehicle stop	35	17	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	18
	Traffic violation stop	60	51	47	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	8
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.)	Total	32	31	14	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1

NOTE: The deaths of the 72 law enforcement officers that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.

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