Table 68

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Number of Assaults and Percent Injured by Type of Weapon, 1995-2004
Total assaults/ Percent injured	Total	Firearm	Knife or other cutting instrument	Other dangerous weapon	Personal weapons	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
1995 Total assaults	57,762	2,354	1,356	6,414	47,638	8,503	191,759,197	428,379
Percent injured	30.1	19.3	23.9	31.1	30.7
1996 Total assaults	46,608	1,878	871	5,069	38,790	7,803	165,263,526	371,964
Percent injured	32.1	24.8	30.7	39.4	31.5
1997 Total assaults	52,149	2,110	971	5,800	43,268	8,120	184,824,864	411,015
Percent injured	30.4	23.1	25.4	32.1	30.6
1998 Total assaults	60,673	2,126	1,098	7,415	50,034	8,153	193,098,427	452,361
Percent injured	30.7	20.7	23.7	30.2	31.3
1999 Total assaults	55,971	1,772	999	7,560	45,640	9,832	207,124,112	462,782
Percent injured	28.0	11.9	17.5	27.1	29.0
2000 Total assaults	58,398	1,749	1,015	8,132	47,502	8,940	204,598,589	452,531
Percent injured	28.1	11.4	15.2	26.9	29.2
2001 Total assaults	57,463	1,841	1,168	8,233	46,221	9,773	213,645,308	471,096
Percent injured	28.3	10.3	15.3	26.1	29.7
2002 Total assaults	59,526	1,927	1,061	8,526	48,012	10,164	219,424,713	491,009
Percent injured	28.2	11.4	15.1	25.7	29.7
2003 Total assaults	58,600	1,879	1,084	8,180	47,457	10,539	225,769,768	501,738
Percent injured	28.2	10.7	13.4	25.4	29.7
2004 Total assaults	59,373	2,109	1,121	8,598	47,545	10,459	225,597,839	499,396
Percent injured	27.9	9.6	14.1	25.7	29.4
NOTE: Assault figures published in prior years' editions of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted have been updated in this table.