Table 13

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Use of Weapon During Incident, 1996-2005


  Total 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 20011 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 575 61 70 61 42 51 70 56 52 57 55
Fired own weapon 126 13 22 10 8 13 12 12 10 11 15
Attempted to use own weapon 90 11 6 11 8 4 16 10 9 9 6
Did not use or attempt to use own weapon 278 25 37 31 20 28 37 25 21 30 24
Not reported 81 12 5 9 6 6 5 9 12 7 10

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