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Table 68

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Population Group and Percent Cleared,1 2011

Circumstance Total Percent
cleared 		Group I Group II Group III Group IV Group V Group VI Metropolitan
counties 		Nonmetropolitan
counties
Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared
Number of victim officers 54,774 91.3 13,536 90.4 7,755 89.8 5,906 93.7 4,557 92.8 3,802 90.2 3,810 90.7 13,004 91.8 2,404 93.0
Disturbance call 18,216 92.1 4,399 91.9 2,951 88.1 2,059 93.5 1,681 93.5 1,377 90.7 1,246 92.6 3,667 94.2 836 94.4
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect 795 92.7 250 89.2 124 96.8 77 96.1 70 91.4 50 96.0 34 82.4 170 94.7 20 95.0
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect 558 93.0 186 95.7 77 90.9 62 95.2 43 90.7 30 83.3 27 88.9 110 92.7 23 95.7
Attempting other arrest 8,045 91.6 1,887 88.9 1,220 90.6 1,067 94.6 791 92.7 639 90.8 660 90.9 1,408 94.3 373 90.1
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) 743 87.2 219 74.9 122 85.2 72 97.2 72 100.0 38 97.4 54 87.0 144 93.1 22 90.9
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner 6,902 90.6 1,421 92.8 696 93.1 722 91.0 456 94.5 449 92.2 517 92.3 2,247 86.4 394 92.1
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance 5,139 91.8 1,538 89.2 738 92.0 548 94.7 503 93.4 342 90.4 362 91.2 981 94.4 127 89.8
Ambush situation 212 83.0 77 81.8 20 95.0 10 90.0 10 70.0 17 100.0 21 76.2 50 80.0 7 71.4
Handling person with mental illness 1,331 84.6 271 84.1 127 83.5 125 89.6 119 77.3 101 79.2 149 85.9 367 85.6 72 91.7
Traffic pursuit/stop 4,828 90.8 1,195 88.2 701 91.2 410 93.2 359 93.0 320 86.9 323 90.4 1,288 91.6 232 97.4
All other 8,005 91.5 2,093 91.6 979 89.5 754 95.1 453 92.1 439 89.7 417 86.6 2,572 91.9 298 92.3
  • 1Offenses reported to the national UCR Program can be cleared by arrest or exceptional means (when elements beyond law enforcement's control prevent the agency from placing formal charges against the offender).