Table 75

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Department by Type of Weapon, 2002-2006

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Year	Department	Total	Firearm	Knife or other cutting instrument	Bomb	Blunt instrument	Personal weapons	Vehicle	Threat	Other
Number of victim officers	Total	4,647	407	44	36	74	1,670	373	552	1,491
2002	Total	374	34	16	0	23	173	47	65	16
	U.S. Capitol Police	10	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0
	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	113	17	3	0	12	35	24	20	2
	U.S. Department of the Interior	160	6	11	0	4	107	16	8	8
	U.S. Department of Justice	80	11	2	0	6	17	6	37	1
	U.S. Department of the Treasury	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
	U.S. Postal Inspection Service	8	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2
2003	Total	437	34	7	34	13	145	43	64	97
	U.S. Capitol Police	8	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0
	U.S. Department of Homeland Security¹	231	23	4	33	8	45	17	12	89
	U.S. Department of the Interior¹, ²	110	1	3	0	5	63	9	26	3
	U.S. Department of Justice	76	8	0	1	0	26	13	24	4
	U.S. Department of the Treasury	6	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
	U.S. Postal Inspection Service	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1
2004	Total	681	69	9	2	5	263	67	134	132
	U.S. Capitol Police	10	1	0	0	0	5	1	1	2
	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	311	44	1	2	3	76	33	34	118
	U.S. Department of the Interior	220	9	7	0	2	120	19	54	9
	U.S. Department of Justice	115	12	1	0	0	46	12	43	1
	U.S. Department of the Treasury	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	U.S. Postal Inspection Service	23	3	0	0	0	16	2	0	2
2005	Total	1,882	161	8	0	16	605	120	289	683
	U.S. Capitol Police	12	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	3
	U.S. Department of Homeland Security³	1,159	125	2	0	7	244	74	47	660
	U.S. Department of the Interior	528	5	5	0	5	259	28	212	14
	U.S. Department of Justice	162	27	1	0	3	82	17	26	6
	U.S. Department of the Treasury	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	U.S. Postal Inspection Service	18	4	0	0	1	12	0	1	0
2006⁴	Total	1,273	109	4	0	17	484	96		563
	U.S. Capitol Police	5	0	0	0	0	5	0		0
	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	866	64	2	0	10	212	56		522
	U.S. Department of the Interior	257	5	2	0	7	210	28		5
	U.S. Department of Justice	137	40	0	0	0	50	12		35
	U.S. Department of the Treasury	2	0	0	0	0	2	0		0
	U.S. Postal Inspection Service	6	0	0	0	0	5	0		1

¹Data for 2003 for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Indian Affairs were not available for inclusion in this table.
²Prior to 2003, data were not collected from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
³Beginning in 2005, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection changed their reporting practices; therefore, figures are not comparable to previous years' data.
⁴Beginning in 2006, "Threat" is no longer collected as a type of weapon.