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Table 73
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,1 2012
Circumstance | 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 | 52,901 | 100.0 | 2,259 | 4.3 | 893 | 1.7 | 7,341 | 13.9 | 42,408 | 80.2 |
Disturbance call | 17,205 | 100.0 | 753 | 4.4 | 380 | 2.2 | 1,692 | 9.8 | 14,380 | 83.6 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 760 | 100.0 | 42 | 5.5 | 11 | 1.4 | 139 | 18.3 | 568 | 74.7 |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 463 | 100.0 | 100 | 21.6 | 13 | 2.8 | 80 | 17.3 | 270 | 58.3 |
Attempting other arrest | 8,057 | 100.0 | 207 | 2.6 | 109 | 1.4 | 843 | 10.5 | 6,898 | 85.6 |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 722 | 100.0 | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 193 | 26.7 | 519 | 71.9 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | 7,173 | 100.0 | 64 | 0.9 | 35 | 0.5 | 605 | 8.4 | 6,469 | 90.2 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | 4,915 | 100.0 | 307 | 6.2 | 101 | 2.1 | 674 | 13.7 | 3,833 | 78.0 |
Ambush situation | 267 | 100.0 | 104 | 39.0 | 12 | 4.5 | 48 | 18.0 | 103 | 38.6 |
Handling person with mental illness | 1,353 | 100.0 | 80 | 5.9 | 82 | 6.1 | 163 | 12.0 | 1,028 | 76.0 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | 4,450 | 100.0 | 280 | 6.3 | 34 | 0.8 | 1,548 | 34.8 | 2,588 | 58.2 |
All other | 7,536 | 100.0 | 315 | 4.2 | 113 | 1.5 | 1,356 | 18.0 | 5,752 | 76.3 |
- 1Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.