Table 68

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency and Percent Cleared,¹ 2007

Circumstance	Total	Percent cleared	Group I		Group II		Group III		Group IV		Group V		Group VI		Metropolitan counties		Nonmetropolitan counties
Circumstance	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared
Number of victim officers	59,201	89.7	14,894	88.1	7,452	89.7	6,847	92.0	4,668	88.3	4,340	89.4	4,375	90.3	14,548	90.9	2,077	88.4
Disturbance call	18,789	90.9	4,923	88.2	2,681	92.7	2,285	94.2	1,624	87.6	1,511	90.0	1,400	90.1	3,754	93.2	611	90.2
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect	905	85.1	257	80.9	97	84.5	110	85.5	85	92.9	83	74.7	37	86.5	217	90.3	19	89.5
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect	515	85.0	197	78.2	68	83.8	59	86.4	32	96.9	19	94.7	11	81.8	127	91.3	2	100.0
Attempting other arrest	8,935	91.3	2,169	89.9	1,196	87.7	1,184	92.8	852	92.0	771	91.7	784	93.2	1,696	93.8	283	88.7
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	759	84.6	195	77.4	92	95.7	138	92.0	71	93.0	66	92.4	46	78.3	128	74.2	23	78.3
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	7,347	90.2	1,397	92.4	672	93.8	707	90.8	469	86.6	492	91.9	545	90.1	2,689	88.7	376	87.8
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	5,333	89.8	1,676	87.9	722	90.3	688	93.2	468	89.1	377	89.1	398	88.2	891	91.9	113	86.7
Ambush situation	198	81.3	69	76.8	21	61.9	25	76.0	12	75.0	6	66.7	13	100.0	41	100.0	11	81.8
Handling person with mental illness	1,114	81.8	246	76.4	97	87.6	132	80.3	99	81.8	72	91.7	134	82.8	294	83.3	40	72.5
Traffic pursuit/stop	6,424	88.7	1,651	88.4	780	87.2	708	89.1	446	86.5	411	88.8	508	90.6	1,617	89.7	303	88.1
All other	8,882	88.4	2,114	87.7	1,026	84.4	811	90.9	510	85.9	532	84.6	499	91.2	3,094	89.9	296	90.2

¹Offenses reported to the national UCR Program can be cleared either by arrest or exceptional means (when elements beyond law enforcement's control prevent the agency from placing formal charges against the offender).