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Table 33
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 2001–2010
Circumstance | Total |
Total firearms |
Handgun | Rifle | Shotgun |
Type of firearm not reported |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | Total | 541 | 498 | 362 | 99 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
Disturbance call | Total | 75 | 72 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) |
33 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 42 | 39 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Arrest situation | Total | 123 | 119 | 102 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Burglary in progress/ pursuing burglary suspect |
14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Robbery in progress/ pursuing robbery suspect |
43 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Drug-related matter | 17 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Attempting other arrest | 49 | 49 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 61 | 58 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ambush situation | Total | 120 | 118 | 61 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Entrapment/premeditation | 42 | 42 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Unprovoked attack | 78 | 76 | 45 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Handling person with mental illness | Total | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 95 | 68 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
Felony vehicle stop | 35 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
Traffic violation stop | 60 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 32 | 31 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
- NOTE: The deaths of the 72 law enforcement officers that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.