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Law Enforcement Officers Killed or
Assaulted1
The following table shows the number of law enforcement officers killed or assaulted in the United States, according to the type of weapon used, including firearms, knives and other sharp objects, hands and fists, and more.
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2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
1990 |
1985 |
1980 |
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Total officers killed
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122
|
139
|
133
|
132
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218
|
134
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107
|
142
|
133
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113
|
133
|
141
|
132
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145
|
164
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| Officers assaulted |
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| 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
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57,546
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59,692
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58,600
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59,526
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57,463
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58,398
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55,971
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60,673
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52,149
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46,608
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57,762
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64,967
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72,091
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61,724
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57,847
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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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