 |
Law Enforcement Officers Killed or
Assaulted1
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2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
1990 |
1985 |
1980 |
|
Total officers killed
|
122
|
139
|
133
|
132
|
218
|
134
|
107
|
142
|
133
|
113
|
133
|
141
|
132
|
145
|
164
|
| Officers assaulted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Firearm |
2,145 |
2,114 |
1,879 |
1,927 |
1,841 |
1,749 |
1,772 |
2,126 |
2,110 |
1,878 |
2,354 |
3,174 |
3,651 |
2,793 |
3,295 |
| Knife or cutting instrument |
1,059 |
1,123 |
1,084 |
1,061 |
1,168 |
1,015 |
999 |
1,098 |
971 |
871 |
1,356 |
1,510 |
1,647 |
1,715 |
1,653 |
| Other dangerous weapon |
8,314 |
8,645 |
8,180 |
8,526 |
8,233 |
8,132 |
7,560 |
7,415 |
5,800 |
5,069 |
6,414 |
7,197 |
7,423 |
5,263 |
5,415 |
| Hands, fists, feet, etc. |
46,028 |
47,810 |
47,457 |
48,012 |
46,221 |
47,502 |
45,640 |
50,034 |
43,268 |
38,790 |
47,638 |
53,086 |
59,370 |
51,953 |
47,484 |
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Total assaulted
|
57,546
|
59,692
|
58,600
|
59,526
|
57,463
|
58,398
|
55,971
|
60,673
|
52,149
|
46,608
|
57,762
|
64,967
|
72,091
|
61,724
|
57,847
|
NOTE: Figures are latest available.
1. Covers officers killed feloniously and
accidentally in line of duty; includes federal officers.
Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, annual. From
Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2006.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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