Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 2005
| Circumstance | Total | Total firearms |
Handgun | Rifle | Shotgun | Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb | Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 55 | 50 | 42 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Disturbance calls | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bar fights, person with firearm, etc. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Family quarrels | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arrest situations | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Burglaries in progress/ pursuing burglary suspects |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robberies in progress/ pursuing robbery suspects |
4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Drug-related matters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Attempting other arrests | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Civil disorders (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handling, transporting, custody of prisoners | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ambush situations | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Entrapment/premeditation | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprovoked attacks | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Investigative activities (surveillance, searches, interviews, etc.) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handling mentally deranged persons | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Traffic pursuits/stops | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Felony vehicle stops | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Traffic violation stops | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tactical situations (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |