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Table 72
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Population Group by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution, 2011
Population group/agency type | Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Other dangerous weapon |
Personal weapons |
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Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
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Number of victim officers | 54,774 | 100.0 | 2,208 | 4.0 | 997 | 1.8 | 7,808 | 14.3 | 43,761 | 79.9 |
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) | 13,536 | 100.0 | 808 | 6.0 | 311 | 2.3 | 2,185 | 16.1 | 10,232 | 75.6 |
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) | 7,755 | 100.0 | 273 | 3.5 | 107 | 1.4 | 1,020 | 13.2 | 6,355 | 81.9 |
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) | 5,906 | 100.0 | 158 | 2.7 | 107 | 1.8 | 751 | 12.7 | 4,890 | 82.8 |
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) | 4,557 | 100.0 | 156 | 3.4 | 50 | 1.1 | 533 | 11.7 | 3,818 | 83.8 |
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) | 3,802 | 100.0 | 91 | 2.4 | 73 | 1.9 | 429 | 11.3 | 3,209 | 84.4 |
Group VI (cities under 10,000) | 3,810 | 100.0 | 97 | 2.5 | 98 | 2.6 | 460 | 12.1 | 3,155 | 82.8 |
Metropolitan counties | 13,004 | 100.0 | 496 | 3.8 | 192 | 1.5 | 2,001 | 15.4 | 10,315 | 79.3 |
Nonmetropolitan counties | 2,404 | 100.0 | 129 | 5.4 | 59 | 2.5 | 429 | 17.8 | 1,787 | 74.3 |