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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 77

Table 77

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Extent of Injury of Victim Officer by Type of Weapon, 2007–2011

Year Extent of injury Total Firearm Knife or
other cutting
instrument
Bomb Blunt
instrument
Personal
weapons
Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers Total 8,379 409 79 15 81 2,467 503 4,825
2007 Total 1,650 71 17 0 14 553 131 864
Killed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured 257 3 5 0 3 191 21 34
Not injured 1,393 68 12 0 11 362 110 830
2008 Total 1,347 71 11 0 11 400 85 769
Killed 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Injured 188 2 2 0 6 125 19 34
Not injured 1,157 68 9 0 5 275 65 735
2009 Total 1,807 89 16 0 21 464 109 1,108
Killed 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured 181 6 3 0 8 83 18 63
Not injured 1,625 82 13 0 13 381 91 1,045
20101 Total 1,886 86 17 0 16 387 76 1,304
Killed 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured 351 12 0 0 3 117 18 201
Not injured 1,534 73 17 0 13 270 58 1,103
2011 Total 1,689 92 18 15 19 663 102 780
Killed 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured 254 7 4 0 6 147 20 70
Not injured 1,432 82 14 15 13 516 82 710
  • 1Prior to 2010, data were not collected from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine.