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Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2010

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Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons
Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion
Number of victim officers	53,469	100.0	1,831	3.4	884	1.7	6,990	13.1	43,764	81.8
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	15,650	100.0	705	4.5	270	1.7	2,109	13.5	12,566	80.3
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999)	7,107	100.0	182	2.6	120	1.7	816	11.5	5,989	84.3
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999)	5,612	100.0	163	2.9	80	1.4	717	12.8	4,652	82.9
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999)	4,041	100.0	91	2.3	64	1.6	476	11.8	3,410	84.4
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999)	3,843	100.0	70	1.8	65	1.7	427	11.1	3,281	85.4
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	3,561	100.0	78	2.2	73	2.0	458	12.9	2,952	82.9
Metropolitan counties	11,641	100.0	399	3.4	154	1.3	1,692	14.5	9,396	80.7
Nonmetropolitan counties	2,014	100.0	143	7.1	58	2.9	295	14.6	1,518	75.4

¹Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.