Table 95
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Department by Type of Weapon, 2009–2013
Year | Department | Total | Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | Total | 9,014 | 459 | 111 | 32 | 292 | 2,873 | 512 | 4,735 |
2009 | Total | 1,807 | 89 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 464 | 109 | 1,108 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 1,203 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 185 | 64 | 914 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 493 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 269 | 24 | 156 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 83 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
20101 | Total | 1,886 | 86 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 387 | 76 | 1,304 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security1 | 1,003 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 911 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 650 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 321 | 27 | 259 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 208 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 8 | 119 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
2011 | Total | 1,689 | 92 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 663 | 102 | 780 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 836 | 32 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 260 | 52 | 463 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 536 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 186 | 22 | 295 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 289 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 210 | 27 | 2 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
2012 | Total | 1,858 | 104 | 33 | 16 | 38 | 733 | 104 | 830 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 658 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 262 | 58 | 271 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 861 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 273 | 27 | 522 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 329 | 58 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 198 | 19 | 28 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
20132 | Total | 1,774 | 88 | 27 | 1 | 198 | 626 | 121 | 713 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security2 | 590 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 190 | 282 | 41 | 44 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 875 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 194 | 35 | 616 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 293 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 150 | 44 | 39 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- 1Prior to 2010, data were not collected from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine.
- 2For 2013, data were not reported by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.