Table 33

Criminal Justice Information Services Division

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 2002–2011

Circumstance		Total	Total firearms	Handgun	Rifle	Shotgun	Type of firearm not reported	Knife or other cutting instrument	Bomb	Blunt instrument	Personal weapons	Vehicle
Number of victim officers	Total	543	500	366	95	38	1	3	2	1	2	35
Disturbance call	Total	69	66	44	15	7	0	0	0	1	1	1
	Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.)	33	33	20	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.)	36	33	24	6	3	0	0	0	1	1	1
Arrest situation	Total	122	117	105	5	6	1	1	0	0	1	3
	Burglary in progress/ pursuing burglary suspect	11	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Robbery in progress/ pursuing robbery suspect	44	43	40	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Drug-related matter	9	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Attempting other arrest	58	55	48	2	4	1	1	0	0	1	1
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	Total	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	Total	58	57	50	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ambush situation	Total	126	124	62	49	13	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Entrapment/premeditation	41	41	16	18	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Unprovoked attack	85	83	46	31	6	0	0	0	0	0	2
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.)	Total	12	10	8	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Handling person with mental illness	Total	9	8	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Traffic pursuit/stop	Total	98	70	61	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	27
	Felony vehicle stop	36	16	11	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	20
	Traffic violation stop	62	54	50	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.)	Total	38	37	17	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	1

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