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Table 72
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Population Group by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,1 2010
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 | 53,469 | 100.0 | 1,831 | 3.4 | 884 | 1.7 | 6,990 | 13.1 | 43,764 | 81.8 |
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) | 15,650 | 100.0 | 705 | 4.5 | 270 | 1.7 | 2,109 | 13.5 | 12,566 | 80.3 |
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) | 7,107 | 100.0 | 182 | 2.6 | 120 | 1.7 | 816 | 11.5 | 5,989 | 84.3 |
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) | 5,612 | 100.0 | 163 | 2.9 | 80 | 1.4 | 717 | 12.8 | 4,652 | 82.9 |
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) | 4,041 | 100.0 | 91 | 2.3 | 64 | 1.6 | 476 | 11.8 | 3,410 | 84.4 |
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) | 3,843 | 100.0 | 70 | 1.8 | 65 | 1.7 | 427 | 11.1 | 3,281 | 85.4 |
Group VI (cities under 10,000) | 3,561 | 100.0 | 78 | 2.2 | 73 | 2.0 | 458 | 12.9 | 2,952 | 82.9 |
Metropolitan counties | 11,641 | 100.0 | 399 | 3.4 | 154 | 1.3 | 1,692 | 14.5 | 9,396 | 80.7 |
Nonmetropolitan counties | 2,014 | 100.0 | 143 | 7.1 | 58 | 2.9 | 295 | 14.6 | 1,518 | 75.4 |
- 1Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.