Table 69

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment and Percent Distribution,¹ 2007

Circumstance	Total	Percent distribution	2-Officer vehicle		1-Officer vehicle				Detective/special assignment				Other
			2-Officer vehicle		Alone		Assisted		Alone		Assisted		Alone		Assisted
			Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution
Number of victim officers	59,201	100.0	10,221	17.3	14,808	25.0	22,518	38.0	906	1.5	2,113	3.6	2,482	4.2	6,153	10.4
Disturbance call	18,789	100.0	3,369	17.9	4,479	23.8	8,781	46.7	211	1.1	307	1.6	392	2.1	1,250	6.7
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect	905	100.0	155	17.1	248	27.4	382	42.2	11	1.2	39	4.3	16	1.8	54	6.0
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect	515	100.0	127	24.7	126	24.5	185	35.9	11	2.1	25	4.9	13	2.5	28	5.4
Attempting other arrest	8,935	100.0	1,572	17.6	2,166	24.2	3,438	38.5	179	2.0	540	6.0	242	2.7	798	8.9
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	759	100.0	125	16.5	171	22.5	219	28.9	19	2.5	51	6.7	42	5.5	132	17.4
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	7,347	100.0	781	10.6	1,363	18.6	2,040	27.8	107	1.5	216	2.9	845	11.5	1,995	27.2
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	5,333	100.0	1,175	22.0	1,387	26.0	1,906	35.7	91	1.7	284	5.3	153	2.9	337	6.3
Ambush situation	198	100.0	39	19.7	77	38.9	38	19.2	7	3.5	5	2.5	16	8.1	16	8.1
Handling person with mental illness	1,114	100.0	168	15.1	254	22.8	564	50.6	7	0.6	22	2.0	24	2.2	75	6.7
Traffic pursuit/stop	6,424	100.0	1,224	19.1	2,095	32.6	2,529	39.4	62	1.0	209	3.3	65	1.0	240	3.7
All other	8,882	100.0	1,486	16.7	2,442	27.5	2,436	27.4	201	2.3	415	4.7	674	7.6	1,228	13.8