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Table 78
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Department by Type of Weapon, 2006–2010
Year | Department | 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 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 866 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 212 | 56 | 522 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior1 | 257 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 210 | 28 | 5 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 137 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12 | 35 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
2007 | Total | 1,650 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 553 | 131 | 864 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 1,304 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 303 | 91 | 851 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 247 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 197 | 19 | 12 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 85 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 20 | 1 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
2008 | Total | 1,347 | 71 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 400 | 85 | 769 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 1,098 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 217 | 63 | 754 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 189 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 152 | 11 | 7 | |
U.S. Department of Justice | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 8 | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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 | |
20102 | 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 Security2 | 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 |
- 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.