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Home LEOKA 2010 Tables Table 77

Table 77

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Extent of Injury of Victim Officer by Type of Weapon, 2006–2010

Year Extent of injury Total Firearm Knife or
other cutting
instrument
Bomb Blunt
instrument
Personal
weapons
Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers Total 7,963 426 65 0 79 2,288 497 4,608
20061 Total 1,273 109 4 0 17 484 96 563
Killed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured 212 7 2 0 6 130 26 41
Not injured 1,061 102 2 0 11 354 70 522
2007 Total 1,650 71 17 0 14 553 131 864
Killed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured 257 3 5 0 3 191 21 34
Not injured 1,393 68 12 0 11 362 110 830
2008 Total 1,347 71 11 0 11 400 85 769
Killed 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Injured 188 2 2 0 6 125 19 34
Not injured 1,157 68 9 0 5 275 65 735
2009 Total 1,807 89 16 0 21 464 109 1,108
Killed 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured 181 6 3 0 8 83 18 63
Not injured 1,625 82 13 0 13 381 91 1,045
20102 Total 1,886 86 17 0 16 387 76 1,304
Killed 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured 351 12 0 0 3 117 18 201
Not injured 1,534 73 17 0 13 270 58 1,103
  • 1Data for 2006 were not collected from the Bureau of Land Management.
  • 2Prior to 2010, data were not collected from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine.