Table 42

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Race and Sex of Known Assailant, 1997-2006

Known assailant		Total	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of known assailants		633	70	82	49	66	74	63	58	59	57	55
Race	White	355	33	46	27	46	44	39	31	28	36	25
	Black	260	31	32	19	20	27	24	26	31	21	29
	Asian/Pacific Islander	7	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	9	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	Not reported	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sex	Male	623	70	81	47	64	73	61	57	59	57	54
Sex	Female	10	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	1

¹The 14 known assailants involved in the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.