Table 76

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2006

Area Total Firearm Knife
or other
cutting
instrument
Bomb Blunt
instrument
Personal
weapons
Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers 1,273 109 4 0 17 484 96 563
NORTHEAST 30 3 0 0 0 20 3 4
New England 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
New Hampshire 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Middle Atlantic 23 3 0 0 0 14 3 3
New Jersey 6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
New York 14 0 0 0 0 9 2 3
Pennsylvania 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIDWEST 115 9 1 0 1 94 9 1
East North Central 20 8 0 0 0 8 4 0
Illinois 7 4 0 0 0 3 0 0
Indiana 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Michigan 6 2 0 0 0 3 1 0
Ohio 6 2 0 0 0 1 3 0
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West North Central 95 1 1 0 1 86 5 1
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Missouri 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Nebraska 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
North Dakota 68 1 1 0 0 64 2 0
South Dakota 19 0 0 0 1 17 0 1
SOUTH 435 53 3 0 9 226 38 106
South Atlantic 138 5 1 0 4 98 22 8
Delaware 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
District of Columbia 77 0 1 0 4 57 14 1
Florida 8 2 0 0 0 1 3 2
Georgia 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 0
Maryland 15 1 0 0 0 10 4 0
North Carolina 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
South Carolina 19 0 0 0 0 19 0 0
Virginia 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
West Virginia 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
East South Central 19 3 0 0 0 11 5 0
Alabama 10 0 0 0 0 6 4 0
Kentucky 6 3 0 0 0 2 1 0
Mississippi 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tennessee 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
West South Central 278 45 2 0 5 117 11 98
Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louisiana 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
Oklahoma 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 1
Texas 263 45 2 0 5 104 10 97
WEST 663 42 0 0 7 144 46 424
Mountain 476 29 0 0 2 103 33 309
Arizona 414 25 0 0 0 66 25 298
Colorado 6 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Idaho 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Montana 12 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
Nevada 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 0
New Mexico 19 0 0 0 0 5 4 10
Utah 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 1
Wyoming 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
Pacific 187 13 0 0 5 41 13 115
Alaska 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
California 175 7 0 0 5 37 11 115
Hawaii 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 28
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 28
U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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