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Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2010

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Circumstance	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons
Circumstance	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
Disturbance call	17,646	100.0	590	3.3	411	2.3	1,606	9.1	15,039	85.2
Burglary in progress/ pursuing burglary suspect	899	100.0	65	7.2	20	2.2	197	21.9	617	68.6
Robbery in progress/ pursuing robbery suspect	450	100.0	101	22.4	13	2.9	95	21.1	241	53.6
Attempting other arrest	7,881	100.0	216	2.7	82	1.0	819	10.4	6,764	85.8
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	765	100.0	12	1.6	7	0.9	83	10.8	663	86.7
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	6,910	100.0	23	0.3	40	0.6	528	7.6	6,319	91.4
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	5,074	100.0	257	5.1	95	1.9	710	14.0	4,012	79.1
Ambush situation	248	100.0	53	21.4	10	4.0	58	23.4	127	51.2
Handling person with mental illness	1,043	100.0	26	2.5	76	7.3	159	15.2	782	75.0
Traffic pursuit/stop	4,752	100.0	208	4.4	35	0.7	1,592	33.5	2,917	61.4
All other	7,801	100.0	280	3.6	95	1.2	1,143	14.7	6,283	80.5

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