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Table 33
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 2003–2012
Circumstance | Total |
Total firearms |
Handgun | Rifle | Shotgun |
Type of firearm not reported |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other | |
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Number of victim officers | Total | 535 | 493 | 360 | 92 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 |
Disturbance call | Total | 64 | 62 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 31 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 33 | 31 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Arrest situation | Total | 124 | 119 | 106 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 44 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Drug-related matter | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Attempting other arrest | 60 | 57 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 14 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 60 | 58 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ambush situation | Total | 115 | 115 | 56 | 44 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Entrapment/premeditation | 41 | 41 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Unprovoked attack | 74 | 74 | 40 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Handling person with mental illness | Total | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 96 | 68 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
Felony vehicle stop | 34 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Traffic violation stop | 62 | 55 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 43 | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |