Law enforcement officers assaulted.Methodology Section II contains data pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to assaults on sworn local, state, and tribal law enforcement officers. The UCR (Under Color Removal) A method for reducing the amount of printing ink used. It substitutes black for gray color (equal amounts of cyan, magenta and yellow). Thus black ink is used instead of the three CMY inks. See GCR and dot gain. Program collects information monthly from the agencies that collect and submit data either through their state UCR Program or, for the non-Program states, directly to the FBI. For data to be included in Section II, law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). must have submitted information for all 12 months of 2004 on officers who were assaulted as well as the number of people they employed full time for the reporting year. Law enforcement agencies report to the UCR Program the number of assaults resulting in injuries to their officers or instances in which an offender offender n. an accused defendant in a criminal case or one convicted of a crime. (See: defendant, accused) used a weapon that could have caused serious injury or death. Agencies record other assaults only if they involved more than verbal abuse verbal abuse Psychology A form of emotional abuse consisting of the use of abusive and demeaning language with a spouse, child, or elder, often by a caregiver or other person in a position of power. See Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Spousal abuse. or minor resistance to an arrest. Overview In 2004, the FBI collected data from 10,459 law enforcement agencies that provided services to nearly 226 million persons (76.8 percent of the Nation's population). The participating law enforcement agencies employed 499,396 officers, and of these, 59,373 were assaulted while performing their duties, a rate of 11.9 assaults per 100 officers. The assaults resulted in injuries to 16,563 of these officers. (See Table 63.) By region, law enforcement agencies in the South, the Nation's most populous pop·u·lous adj. Containing many people or inhabitants; having a large population. [Middle English, from Latin popul region, indicated that officers in the region were assaulted at a rate of 13.8 assaults per 100 officers employed. Officers in the West were assaulted at a rate of 11.0 per 100 officers, agencies in the Midwest Midwest or Middle West, region of the United States centered on the western Great Lakes and the upper-middle Mississippi valley. It is a somewhat imprecise term that has been applied to the northern section of the land between the Appalachians reported that officers were assaulted at a rate of 10.5 for every 100 officers employed, and the Northeast “Northeastern” redirects here. For the Boston college, see Northeastern University, Boston. Northeast or north east is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. It is the opposite of southwest. See boxing the compass. had a rate of 9.6 assaults per 100 officers. (See Table 63.) By population group, the rate of assaults was highest, 17.1 assaults per 100 officers, in law enforcement agencies in cities with populations of 250,000 or more residents. Among the population groups labeled city, the rate was lowest, 7.9 assaults per 100 officers, in those agencies with under 10,000 inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. . Law enforcement officers in metropolitan counties experienced a rate of 10.3 assaults per 100 officers, and agencies in nonmetropolitan counties had a rate of 6.2 assaults for every 100 officers. (See Table 64.) Injuries Of the 59,373 officers who were assaulted in 2004, 27.9 percent of those officers suffered injuries. Among the Nation's four regions, law enforcement agencies in the Northeast had the highest percentage, 32.6, of injuries among officers assaulted. In the Midwest, 28.9 percent of the officers in the Midwest who were assaulted suffered injuries, followed by the West with 28.1 percent, and the South with 26.2 percent. (Based on Table 63.) A review of the data by population group showed that law enforcement agencies in the Nation's smallest cities, those under 10,000 in population, had the highest percentage, 30.3 percent, of its officers injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. during assaults. Agencies in cities with populations of 25,000 to 49,999 inhabitants had the lowest percentage of officers injured at 26.7 percent. In metropolitan counties, 27.1 percent of the assaulted officers sustained injuries, and in nonmetropolitan counties, 27.4 percent. (Based on Table 64.) Times In 2004, the largest percentage, 28.8, of assaults on law enforcement officers occurred from 10:01 p.m. and 2 a.m., and the smallest percentage, 6.4, occurred from 4:01 a.m. to 8 a.m. The time of the attacks continued a long-time trend as the largest percentage, 29.5, of assaults on police officers over the past 10 years (1995-2004) also occurred from 10:01 p.m. and 2 a.m., and, likewise, the smallest percentage, 6.2, took place from 4:01 a.m. to 8 a.m. (Based on Table 65.) Circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or An examination of the assault data revealed that most officers, 30.7 percent, were assaulted when responding to disturbance DISTURBANCE, torts. A wrong done to an incorporeal hereditament, by hindering or disquieting the owner in the enjoyment of it. Finch. L. 187; 3 Bl. Com. 235; 1 Swift's Dig. 522; Com. Dig. Action upon the case for a disturbance, Pleader, 3 I 6; 1 Serg. & Rawle, 298. calls. Thirteen percent of the officers were handling, transporting, or had custody The care, possession, and control of a thing or person. The retention, inspection, guarding, maintenance, or security of a thing within the immediate care and control of the person to whom it is committed. The detention of a person by lawful authority or process. of prisoners, 11.1 percent were conducting traffic pursuits or stops, and 9.3 percent were investigating suspicious suspicious adjective Referring to the consideration of a particular disorder–eg, cancer, as a diagnostic possibility, as in 'suspicious for malignancy' persons or circumstances. Nearly 2 percent (1.8) of the officers were handling mentally deranged de·range tr.v. de·ranged, de·rang·ing, de·rang·es 1. To disturb the order or arrangement of. 2. To upset the normal condition or functioning of. 3. To disturb mentally; make insane. persons at the time they were assaulted, 1.4 percent were investigating burglaries in progress or were pursuing burglary burglary, at common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony, whether the intent is carried out or not. suspects, 1.2 percent were policing civil disorders Civil disorder, also known as civil unrest, is a broad term that is typically used by law enforcement to describe one or more forms of disturbance caused by a group of people. , and 0.9 percent were responding to robberies in progress or were pursuing robbery suspects Noun 1. robbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery suspect - someone who is under suspicion . The circumstance Circumstance or circumstances can refer to:
["AMBUSH - An Advanced Model Builder for Linear Programming", T.R. White et al, National Petroleum Refiners Assoc Comp Conf (Nov 1971)]. situations. Over 16 percent (16.3) of officers were attempting other types of arrests, and 13.8 percent were attacked while performing other duties. (See Table 67.) Clearances Law enforcement may clear offenses either by arrest or by exceptional means, i.e., when elements beyond the control of law enforcement prevent the placing of formal charges against the offender. In 2004, law enforcement agencies cleared 87.5 percent of the 59,373 assaults on their officers. By circumstance, these agencies cleared the greatest percentage, 89 percent, of assaults on officers who were responding to disturbance calls (family quarrels, bar fights, etc.). The circumstance with the lowest percentage of clearances, 66.7 percent, was ambush situations. (See Table 66.) Types of Assignment An examination of the data concerning types of assignments in which officers were working when they were assaulted revealed that 80.4 percent of the officers were assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to vehicle patrols: of these, 78.5 percent were assigned to 1-of.cer patrols, and 21.5 percent were assigned to 2-of.cer patrols. Five percent of the officers assaulted were assigned to detective duties or had special assignments, and 14.6 percent of the officers were assigned to other duties. Of the officers assaulted, 70.1 percent received assistance from fellow officers and 29.9 percent were alone and unassisted. (Based on Table 67.) Weapons As in past years, offenders used personal weapons, such as hands, fists, or feet, in the majority of assaults, 80.1 percent, on law enforcement officers. Offenders used firearms This is an extensive list of small arms — pistol, machine gun, grenade launcher, anti-tank rifle — that includes variants. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
n. Plural of knife. knives Noun the plural of knife knives knife or cutting instruments in 1.9 percent of the assaults. Attackers used other dangerous weapons in 14.5 percent of assaults on law enforcement officers. (See Table 69.) Concerning the officers who sustained injuries when they were attacked with these weapons, 29.4 percent of the officers assaulted with personal weapons suffered injuries. Of the officers attacked by persons with knives or cutting instruments, 14.1 percent suffered injuries, and of those assaulted by persons with firearms, 9.6 percent suffered injuries. Over a quarter, 25.7 percent, of the officers attacked by persons with other types of dangerous weapons suffered injuries. (See Table 68.)
Table 2.1
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Population Covered and Number of Reporting Agencies
by Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency, 2004
Number of
reporting Population Number of
Population group agencies covered employed
Total 10,459 225,597,839 499,396
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 61 38,952,367 91,146
Group II (cities 100,000 -
249,999) 154 23,084,084 41,833
Group III (cities 50,000 -
99,999) 354 24,336,875 42,201
Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999) 621 21,539,903 39,072
Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999) 1,388 21,950,833 42,714
Group VI (cities under 10,000)
(1) 5,415 17,971,779 60,705
Metropolitan counties (1) 879 55,824,865 138,896
Nonmetropolitan counties (1) 1,587 21,937,133 42,829
(1) Includes universities and colleges, state police agencies, and/or
other agencies to which no population is attributed.
Table 63
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Region and Geographic Division, 2004
Rate per Assaults Rate per
Total 100 with 100
Area (1) officers injury officers
Total 59,373 11.9 16,563 3.3
NORTHEAST 7,821 9.6 2,550 3.1
New England 1,526 8.7 418 2.4
Middle Atlantic 6,295 9.9 2,132 3.3
MIDWEST 8,346 10.5 2,416 3.0
East North Central 4,052 8.6 1,431 3.1
West North Central 4,294 13.1 985 3.0
SOUTH 29,244 13.8 7,670 3.6
South Atlantic 17,824 15.9 4,112 3.7
East South Central 3,633 10.8 1,252 3.7
West South Central 7,787 11.8 2,306 3.5
WEST 13,962 11.0 3,927 3.1
Mountain 4,668 12.6 1,092 2.9
Pacific 9,294 10.3 2,835 3.1
Number of Number of
reporting Population officers
Area agencies covered employed
Total 10,456 225,597,839 499,396
NORTHEAST 1,884 33,459,255 81,316
New England 442 7,969,776 17,491
Middle Atlantic 1,442 25,489,479 63,825
MIDWEST 2,804 41,111,906 79,533
East North Central 1,269 24,085,816 46,853
West North Central 1,535 17,026,090 32,680
SOUTH 4,192 90,761,001 211,397
South Atlantic 1,695 45,882,155 111,929
East South Central 1,063 14,654,727 33,680
West South Central 1,434 30,224,119 65,788
WEST 1,579 60,265,677 127,150
Mountain 723 18,235,236 37,033
Pacific 856 42,030,441 90,117
(1) Regional and divisional totals do not include data for Illinois,
Vermont, and West Virginia, which were not available for inclusion
in this tabulation.
Table 64
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency, 2004
Rate per Assaults Rate per
100 with 100
Population group Total officers injury officers
Total 59,373 11.9 16,563 3.3
Group I (cities 250,000
and over) 15,617 17.1 4,279 4.7
Group II (cities
100,000 - 249,999) 6,505 15.5 1,866 4.5
Group III (cities
50,000 - 99,999) 6,159 14.6 1,808 4.3
Group IV (cities
25,000 - 49,999) 4,865 12.5 1,301 3.3
Group V (cities
10,000 - 24,999) 4,471 10.5 1,252 2.9
Group VI (cities under
10,000) 4,783 7.9 1,447 2.4
Metropolitan counties 14,317 10.3 3,883 2.8
Nonmetropolitan counties 2,656 6.2 727 1.7
Table 65
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Time of Day of Incident, Percent Distribution, 1995-2004
Time Total 1995 1996 1997
Total 566,523 57,762 46,608 52,149
Percent
distribution
(1) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
A.M.
12:01 - 2 86,152 9,008 7,251 7,971
15.2 15.6 15.6 15.3
2:01 - 4 55,086 5,672 4,582 5,013
9.7 9.8 9.8 9.6
4:01 - 6 21,349 2,194 1,750 1,894
3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6
6:01 - 8 13,799 1,241 915 1,072
2.4 2.1 2.0 2.1
8:01 - 10 21,886 1,899 1,601 1,846
3.9 3.3 3.4 3.5
10:01 - Noon 28,143 2,682 2,008 2,333
5.0 4.6 4.3 4.5
P.M.
12:01 - 2 32,441 3,127 2,546 2,772
5.7 5.4 5.5 5.3
2:01 - 4 40,421 3,868 3,281 3,659
7.1 6.7 7.0 7.0
4:01 - 6 50,767 5,097 4,143 4,719
9.0 8.8 8.9 9.0
6:01 - 8 60,512 6,139 5,082 5,727
10.7 10.6 10.9 11.0
8:01 - 10 74,822 7,780 6,319 7,108
13.2 13.5 13.6 13.6
10:01 - Midnight 81,145 9,055 7,130 8,035
14.3 15.7 15.3 15.4
Time 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 60,673 55,971 58,398 57,463
Percent
distribution
(1) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
A.M.
12:01 - 2 8,986 8,426 8,960 8,924
14.8 15.1 15.3 15.5
2:01 - 4 5,858 5,371 5,708 5,771
9.7 9.6 9.8 10.0
4:01 - 6 2,240 2,020 2,254 2,224
3.7 3.6 3.9 3.9
6:01 - 8 1,505 1,331 1,427 1,514
2.5 2.4 2.4 2.6
8:01 - 10 2,355 2,060 2,311 2,304
3.9 3.7 4.0 4.0
10:01 - Noon 3,021 2,675 2,920 2,905
5.0 4.8 5.0 5.1
P.M.
12:01 - 2 3,246 3,006 3,641 3,349
5.3 5.4 6.2 5.8
2:01 - 4 4,225 4,053 3,929 4,168
7.0 7.2 6.7 7.3
4:01 - 6 5,505 5,152 5,298 5,039
9.1 9.2 9.1 8.8
6:01 - 8 6,553 6,012 6,198 6,087
10.8 10.7 10.6 10.6
8:01 - 10 8,125 7,697 7,675 7,577
13.4 13.8 13.1 13.2
10:01 - Midnight 9,054 8,168 8,077 7,601
14.9 14.6 13.8 13.2
Time 2002 2003 2004
Total 59,526 58,600 59,373
Percent
distribution
(1) 100.0 100.0 100.0
A.M.
12:01 - 2 8,815 8,924 8,887
14.8 15.2 15.0
2:01 - 4 5,753 5,604 5,754
9.7 9.6 9.7
4:01 - 6 2,314 2,288 2,171
3.9 3.9 3.7
6:01 - 8 1,608 1,569 1,617
2.7 2.7 2.7
8:01 - 10 2,496 2,434 2,580
4.2 4.2 4.3
10:01 - Noon 3,167 3,199 3,233
5.3 5.5 5.4
P.M.
12:01 - 2 3,586 3,567 3,601
6.0 6.1 6.1
2:01 - 4 4,389 4,368 4,481
7.4 7.5 7.5
4:01 - 6 5,332 5,197 5,285
9.0 8.9 8.9
6:01 - 8 6,278 6,408 6,028
10.5 10.9 10.2
8:01 - 10 7,609 7,397 7,535
12.8 12.6 12.7
10:01 - Midnight 8,179 7,645 8,201
13.7 13.0 13.8
(1) Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
NOTE: Assault figures published in prior years' editions of Law
Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted have been updated in
this table.
Table 66
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident and Percent Cleared (1) by Population
Group, 2004
Group Group Group Group
Circumstance Total I II III IV
Total 59,373 15,617 6,505 6,159 4,865
Percent cleared 87.5 90.2 86.9 87.5 85.8
Disturbance calls (family
quarrels, bar fights,
person with firearm,
etc.) 18,234 4,932 2,227 2,073 1,609
Percent cleared 89.0 91.4 87.2 88.7 85.8
Burglaries in progress/
pursuing burglary
suspects 850 261 118 90 78
Percent cleared 86.8 83.1 89.0 93.3 79.5
Robberies in progress/
pursuing robbery
suspects 544 223 60 54 45
Percent cleared 87.3 86.1 81.7 87.0 86.7
Attempting other arrests 9,674 2,348 1,150 1,165 986
Percent cleared 88.8 92.9 88.1 87.2 87.7
Civil disorders (mass
disobedience, riot,
etc.) 734 175 100 100 68
Percent cleared 86.9 85.7 89.0 84.0 91.2
Handling, transporting,
custody of prisoners 7,748 1,777 589 532 534
Percent cleared 87.8 95.3 88.8 88.5 84.6
Investigating suspicious
persons/circumstances 5,532 1,936 652 684 453
Percent cleared 86.7 87.0 84.8 86.7 83.9
Ambush situations 189 63 17 12 7
Percent cleared 66.7 74.6 64.7 75.0 71.4
Handling mentally
deranged persons 1,079 252 91 110 86
Percent cleared 81.3 78.6 87.9 82.7 81.4
Traffic pursuits/stops 6,568 1,689 682 634 477
Percent cleared 86.7 88.6 86.4 86.9 88.7
All other 8,221 1,961 819 705 522
Percent cleared 85.0 87.7 85.7 85.4 83.7
Nonmet-
Group Group Metropolitan ropolitan
Circumstance V VI counties counties
Total 4,471 4,783 14,317 2,656
Percent cleared 84.1 87.4 87.1 83.7
Disturbance calls (family
quarrels, bar fights,
person with firearm,
etc.) 1,628 1,497 3,537 731
Percent cleared 85.0 88.6 91.0 87.4
Burglaries in progress/
pursuing burglary
suspects 56 49 177 21
Percent cleared 80.4 87.8 92.1 90.5
Robberies in progress/
pursuing robbery
suspects 34 22 92 14
Percent cleared 97.1 95.5 91.3 71.4
Attempting other arrests 859 831 1,901 434
Percent cleared 81.3 88.3 90.1 85.3
Civil disorders (mass
disobedience, riot,
etc.) 58 67 140 26
Percent cleared 91.4 83.6 85.7 92.3
Handling, transporting,
custody of prisoners 510 563 2,823 420
Percent cleared 84.7 91.3 84.4 79.3
Investigating suspicious
persons/circumstances 363 408 882 154
Percent cleared 84.8 89.5 88.7 84.4
Ambush situations 15 22 44 9
Percent cleared 80.0 59.1 56.8 44.4
Handling mentally
deranged persons 70 122 293 55
Percent cleared 88.6 84.4 78.5 78.2
Traffic pursuits/stops 450 643 1,559 434
Percent cleared 84.9 85.8 85.4 85.7
All other 428 559 2,869 358
Percent cleared 82.2 80.7 85.1 77.9
(1) Offenses reported to the national UCR Program can be cleared either
by arrest placing formal charges against the offender).
Table 67
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment,
Percent Distribution, 2004
1-Officer vehicle
2-Officer
Circumstance Total vehicle Alone Assisted
Total 59,373 10,245 14,382 23,121
Percent of total assignments
(1) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Disturbance calls (family
quarrels, bar fights,
person with firearm, etc.) 18,234 3,420 4,205 8,699
Percent of total assignments 30.7 33.4 29.2 37.6
Burglaries in progress/
pursuing burglary suspects 850 164 195 391
Percent of total assignments 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.7
Robberies in progress/pursuing
robbery suspects 544 132 119 228
Percent of total assignments 0.9 1.3 0.8 1.0
Attempting other arrests 9,674 1,519 2,159 3,975
Percent of total assignments 16.3 14.8 15.0 17.2
Civil disorders (mass
disobedience, riot, etc.) 734 141 150 244
Percent of total assignments 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.1
Handling, transporting,
custody of prisoners 7,748 830 1,448 2,008
Percent of total assignments 13.0 8.1 10.1 8.7
Investigating suspicious
persons/circumstances 5,532 1,431 1,390 1,849
Percent of total assignments 9.3 14.0 9.7 8.0
Ambush situations 189 28 56 40
Percent of total assignments 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2
Handling mentally deranged
persons 1,079 195 223 507
Percent of total assignments 1.8 1.9 1.6 2.2
Traffic pursuits/stops 6,568 1,170 2,168 2,675
Percent of total assignments 11.1 11.4 15.1 11.6
All other 8,221 1,215 2,269 2,505
Percent of total assignments 13.8 11.9 15.8 10.8
Detective/
special
assignment Other
Circumstance Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Total 920 2,035 2,472 6,198
Percent of total assignments
(1) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Disturbance calls (family
quarrels, bar fights,
person with firearm, etc.) 213 273 339 1,085
Percent of total assignments 23.2 13.4 13.7 17.5
Burglaries in progress/
pursuing burglary suspects 11 28 19 42
Percent of total assignments 1.2 1.4 0.8 0.7
Robberies in progress/pursuing
robbery suspects 13 12 16 24
Percent of total assignments 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.4
Attempting other arrests 173 630 309 909
Percent of total assignments 18.8 31.0 12.5 14.7
Civil disorders (mass
disobedience, riot, etc.) 18 45 42 94
Percent of total assignments 2.0 2.2 1.7 1.5
Handling, transporting,
custody of prisoners 111 242 816 2,293
Percent of total assignments 12.1 11.9 33.0 37.0
Investigating suspicious
persons/circumstances 110 256 145 351
Percent of total assignments 12.0 12.6 5.9 5.7
Ambush situations 2 10 24 29
Percent of total assignments 0.2 0.5 1.0 0.5
Handling mentally deranged
persons 9 20 24 101
Percent of total assignments 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.6
Traffic pursuits/stops 61 165 70 259
Percent of total assignments 6.6 8.1 2.8 4.2
All other 199 354 668 1,011
Percent of total assignments 21.6 17.4 27.0 16.3
(1) Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
Table 68
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Number of Assaults and Percent Injured by Type of Weapon, 1995-2004
Knife or
other Other
cutting dangerous
Total Firearm instrument weapon
1995 Total assaults 57,762 2,354 1,356 6,414
Percent injured 30.0 19.0 23.9 31.1
1996 Total assaults 46,608 1,878 871 5,069
Percent injured 32.1 24.8 30.7 39.4
1997 Total assaults 52,149 2,110 971 5,800
Percent injured 30.4 23.1 25.4 32.1
1998 Total assaults 60,673 2,126 1,098 7,415
Percent injured 30.7 20.7 23.7 30.2
1999 Total assaults 55,971 1,772 999 7,560
Percent injured 28.0 11.9 17.5 27.1
2000 Total assaults 58,398 1,749 1,015 8,132
Percent injured 28.1 11.4 15.2 26.9
2001 Total assaults 57,463 1,841 1,168 8,233
Percent injured 28.3 10.3 15.3 26.1
2002 Total assaults 59,526 1,927 1,061 8,526
Percent injured 28.2 11.4 15.1 25.7
2003 Total assaults 58,600 1,879 1,084 8,180
Percent injured 28.2 10.7 13.4 25.4
2004 Total assaults 59,373 2,109 1,121 8,598
Percent injured 27.9 9.6 14.1 25.7
Number of Number of
Personal reporting Population officers
weapons agencies covered employed
1995 Total assaults 47,638 8,503 191,759,197 428,379
Percent injured 30.7
1996 Total assaults 38,790 7,803 165,263,526 371,964
Percent injured 31.5
1997 Total assaults 43,268 8,120 184,824,864 411,015
Percent injured 30.6
1998 Total assaults 50,034 8,153 193,098,427 452,361
Percent injured 31.3
1999 Total assaults 45,640 9,832 207,124,112 462,782
Percent injured 29.0
2000 Total assaults 47,502 8,940 204,598,589 452,531
Percent injured 29.2
2001 Total assaults 46,221 9,773 213,645,308 471,096
Percent injured 29.7
2002 Total assaults 48,012 10,164 219,424,713 491,009
Percent injured 29.7
2003 Total assaults 47,457 10,539 225,769,768 501,738
Percent injured 29.7
2004 Total assaults 47,545 10,459 225,597,839 499,396
Percent injured 29.4
NOTE: Assault figures published Law Enforcement Officers in prior
years' edition of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted have
been updated in this table.
Table 69
Law Enforcement Officers
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2004
Knife or
other
cutting
Area Total Firearm instrument
Total 59,373 2,109 1,121
Percent distribution (1) 100.0 3.6 1.9
NORTHEAST 7,821 373 142
New England 1,526 17 17
Connecticut 400 5 8
Maine 285 0 2
Massachusetts 172 2 1
New Hampshire 204 1 0
Rhode Island 465 9 6
Vermont (2)
Middle Atlantic 6,295 356 125
New Jersey 2,968 47 30
New York 705 3 6
Pennsylvania 2,622 306 89
MIDWEST 8,346 258 135
East North Central 4,052 92 64
Illinois (2)
Indiana 1,198 15 8
Michigan 1,229 41 34
Ohio 742 11 12
Wisconsin 883 25 10
West North Central 4,294 166 71
Iowa 484 7 10
Kansas 1,118 19 13
Minnesota 65 2 4
Missouri 2,353 134 35
Nebraska 180 1 4
North Dakota 52 0 0
South Dakota 42 3 5
SOUTH 29,244 938 569
South Atlantic 17,824 399 285
Delaware 330 10 12
District of Columbia (3) 42 2 0
Florida 8,717 164 137
Georgia 791 29 11
Maryland 3,864 54 46
North Carolina 1,741 59 37
South Carolina 981 34 18
Virginia 1,358 47 24
West Virginia (2)
East South Central 3,633 279 122
Alabama 345 12 3
Kentucky 733 78 41
Mississippi 310 21 4
Tennessee 2,245 168 74
West South Central 7,787 260 162
Arkansas 138 13 1
Louisiana 1,907 15 13
Oklahoma 898 62 16
Texas 4,844 170 132
WEST 13,962 540 275
Mountain 4,668 222 132
Arizona 2,067 122 47
Colorado 815 39 16
Idaho 282 8 7
Montana 63 3 3
Nevada 458 16 19
New Mexico 672 23 37
Utah 254 6 2
Wyoming 57 5 1
Pacific 9,294 318 143
Alaska 217 21 9
California 7,330 249 109
Hawaii 324 11 5
Oregon 322 5 1
Washington 1,101 32 19
Other Number of
dangerous Personal reporting
Area weapon weapons agencies
Total 8,598 47,545 10,459
Percent distribution (1) 14.5 80.1
NORTHEAST 1,016 6,290 1,884
New England 190 1,302 442
Connecticut 47 340 99
Maine 20 263 130
Massachusetts 18 151 52
New Hampshire 18 185 118
Rhode Island 87 363 43
Vermont (2)
Middle Atlantic 826 4,988 1,442
New Jersey 395 2,496 482
New York 80 616 373
Pennsylvania 351 1,876 587
MIDWEST 901 7,052 2,804
East North Central 370 3,526 1,269
Illinois (2)
Indiana 86 1,089 171
Michigan 166 988 560
Ohio 88 631 204
Wisconsin 30 818 334
West North Central 531 3,526 1,535
Iowa 102 365 229
Kansas 72 1,014 240
Minnesota 9 50 298
Missouri 320 1,864 488
Nebraska 22 153 128
North Dakota 2 50 71
South Dakota 4 30 81
SOUTH 4,612 23,125 4,192
South Atlantic 2,769 14,371 1,695
Delaware 66 242 51
District of Columbia (3) 7 33 1
Florida 1,458 6,958 400
Georgia 94 657 189
Maryland 497 3,267 146
North Carolina 183 1,462 381
South Carolina 132 797 286
Virginia 332 955 241
West Virginia (2)
East South Central 956 2,276 1,063
Alabama 63 267 257
Kentucky 268 346 260
Mississippi 25 260 109
Tennessee 600 1,403 437
West South Central 887 6,478 1,434
Arkansas 15 109 38
Louisiana 129 1,750 128
Oklahoma 111 709 297
Texas 632 3,910 971
WEST 2,069 11,078 1,579
Mountain 887 3,427 723
Arizona 330 1,568 82
Colorado 293 467 188
Idaho 15 252 117
Montana 13 44 76
Nevada 75 348 34
New Mexico 111 501 66
Utah 44 202 99
Wyoming 6 45 61
Pacific 1,182 7,651 856
Alaska 34 153 30
California 982 5,990 453
Hawaii 26 282 3
Oregon 27 289 137
Washington 113 937 233
Number of
Population officers
Area covered employed
Total 225,597,839 499,396
Percent distribution (1)
NORTHEAST 33,459,255 81,316
New England 7,969,776 17,491
Connecticut 3,473,737 1,833
Maine 1,314,897 1,883
Massachusetts 1,190,760 3,663
New Hampshire 916,087 1,639
Rhode Island 1,074,295 2,473
Vermont (2)
Middle Atlantic 25,489,479 63,825
New Jersey 8,344,887 22,588
New York 9,551,445 23,587
Pennsylvania 7,593,147 17,650
MIDWEST 41,111,906 79,533
East North Central 24,085,816 46,853
Illinois (2)
Indiana 4,995,588 8,323
Michigan 9,711,566 19,699
Ohio 4,253,901 7,600
Wisconsin 5,124,761 11,231
West North Central 17,026,090 32,680
Iowa 2,918,033 4,357
Kansas 2,069,011 5,525
Minnesota 4,298,305 6,802
Missouri 4,977,855 10,779
Nebraska 1,596,305 3,269
North Dakota 585,488 986
South Dakota 581,093 962
SOUTH 90,761,001 211,397
South Atlantic 45,882,155 111,929
Delaware 754,178 1,985
District of Columbia (3) 0 353
Florida 17,388,725 42,343
Georgia 4,276,053 12,609
Maryland 5,553,146 14,895
North Carolina 6,482,360 15,319
South Carolina 4,135,164 9,756
Virginia 7,292,529 14,669
West Virginia (2)
East South Central 14,654,727 33,680
Alabama 3,951,087 8,226
Kentucky 3,073,406 6,115
Mississippi 1,789,015 3,886
Tennessee 5,841,219 15,453
West South Central 30,224,119 65,788
Arkansas 858,754 2,050
Louisiana 3,492,509 12,088
Oklahoma 3,523,553 6,189
Texas 22,349,303 45,461
WEST 60,265,677 127,150
Mountain 18,235,236 37,033
Arizona 5,435,217 10,909
Colorado 4,270,477 10,132
Idaho 1,383,429 2,441
Montana 631,069 977
Nevada 2,329,511 4,372
New Mexico 1,493,844 3,593
Utah 2,198,996 3,532
Wyoming 492,693 1,077
Pacific 42,030,441 90,117
Alaska 639,285 1,164
California 31,125,529 72,699
Hawaii 1,103,758 2,333
Oregon 3,039,800 4,222
Washington 6,122,069 9,699
(1) Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
(2) Data for Illinois, Vermont, and West Virginia were not
available for inclusion in this table.
(3) The figure represents the number of assaults on officers
reported by the Metro Transit Police.
Table 70
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency by Type of Weapon, 2004
Knife or
other
cutting
Population group Total Firearm instrument
Total 59,373 2,109 1,121
Percent distribution (1) 100.0 3.6 1.9
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 15,617 873 323
Group II (cities 100,000 - 249,999) 6,505 172 122
Group III (cities 50,000 - 99,999) 6,159 163 108
Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999) 4,865 114 71
Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999) 4,471 82 71
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 4,783 137 100
Metropolitan counties 14,317 374 246
Nonmetropolitan counties 2,656 194 80
Other
dangerous Personal
Population group weapon weapons
Total 8,598 47,545
Percent distribution (1) 14.5 80.1
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 2,367 12,054
Group II (cities 100,000 - 249,999) 1,002 5,209
Group III (cities 50,000 - 99,999) 815 5,073
Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999) 647 4,033
Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999) 572 3,746
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 749 3,797
Metropolitan counties 1,938 11,759
Nonmetropolitan counties 508 1,874
(1) Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
Table 71
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon,
Percent Distribution, (1) 2004
Knife or
other
cutting
Circumstance Total Firearm instrument
Total 59,373 2,109 1,121
Percent distribution 100.0 3.6 1.9
Disturbance calls (family quarrels,
bar fights, person with
firearm, etc.) 18,234 763 550
Percent distribution 100.0 4.2 3.0
Burglaries in progress/pursuing
burglary suspects 850 59 32
Percent distribution 100.0 6.9 3.8
Robberies in progress/pursuing
robbery suspects 544 112 20
Percent distribution 100.0 20.6 3.7
Attempting other arrests 9,674 246 119
Percent distribution 100.0 2.5 1.2
Civil disorders (mass disobedience,
riot, etc.) 734 15 9
Percent distribution 100.0 2.0 1.2
Handling, transporting, custody of
prisoners 7,748 33 23
Percent distribution 100.0 0.4 0.3
Investigating suspicious persons/
circumstances 5,532 302 117
Percent distribution 100.0 5.5 2.1
Ambush situations 189 40 5
Percent distribution 100.0 21.2 2.6
Handling mentally deranged persons 1,079 32 80
Percent distribution 100.0 3.0 7.4
Traffic pursuits/stops 6,568 209 42
Percent distribution 100.0 3.2 0.6
All other 8,221 298 124
Percent distribution 100.0 3.6 1.5
Other
dangerous Personal
Circumstance weapon weapons
Total 8,598 47,545
Percent distribution 14.5 80.1
Disturbance calls (family quarrels,
bar fights, person with
firearm, etc.) 1,743 15,178
Percent distribution 9.6 83.2
Burglaries in progress/pursuing
burglary suspects 219 540
Percent distribution 25.8 63.5
Robberies in progress/pursuing
robbery suspects 104 308
Percent distribution 19.1 56.6
Attempting other arrests 1,107 8,202
Percent distribution 11.4 84.8
Civil disorders (mass disobedience,
riot, etc.) 111 599
Percent distribution 15.1 81.6
Handling, transporting, custody of
prisoners 590 7,102
Percent distribution 7.6 91.7
Investigating suspicious persons/
circumstances 844 4,269
Percent distribution 15.3 77.2
Ambush situations 49 95
Percent distribution 25.9 50.3
Handling mentally deranged persons 120 847
Percent distribution 11.1 78.5
Traffic pursuits/stops 2,428 3,889
Percent distribution 37.0 59.2
All other 1,283 6,516
Percent distribution 15.6 79.3
(1) Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
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