Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2005 Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation

Table 69

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2005


Area Total Firearm Knife or other cutting instrument Other dangerous weapon Personal weapons Number of reporting agencies Population covered Number of officers employed
Total 57,546 2,145 1,059 8,314 46,028 10,032 221,015,834 485,048
Percent distribution1 100.0 3.7 1.8 14.4 80.0      
NORTHEAST 7,324 368 114 933 5,909 1,918 32,189,576 79,957
New England 1,122 7 8 144 963 428 7,408,567 16,851
Connecticut 368 3 1 48 316 96 3,287,360 7,255
Maine 265 3 4 24 234 128 1,305,849 1,897
Massachusetts 147 0 1 29 117 56 1,025,506 3,572
New Hampshire 176 0 1 12 163 49 639,908 1,173
Rhode Island 138 1 1 28 108 37 798,311 1,874
Vermont 28 0 0 3 25 62 351,633 1,080
Middle Atlantic 6,202 361 106 789 4,946 1,490 24,781,009 63,106
New Jersey 2,827 52 39 345 2,391 484 8,447,923 22,631
New York 717 9 5 63 640 348 8,793,746 22,708
Pennsylvania 2,658 300 62 381 1,915 658 7,539,340 17,767
MIDWEST 7,834 236 151 883 6,564 2,692 40,643,709 77,772
East North Central 3,319 93 68 325 2,833 1,209 22,526,738 43,085
Illinois2                
Indiana 1,210 24 18 65 1,103 169 4,825,795 8,175
Michigan 1,159 61 39 161 898 521 9,722,428 19,074
Ohio 586 3 9 84 490 185 3,382,275 6,220
Wisconsin 364 5 2 15 342 334 4,596,240 9,616
West North Central 4,515 143 83 558 3,731 1,483 18,116,971 34,687
Iowa 473 9 8 86 370 232 2,843,636 4,246
Kansas 1,142 20 28 116 978 221 2,492,963 6,030
Minnesota 229 5 11 27 186 315 4,991,369 8,302
Missouri 2,377 108 33 296 1,940 482 5,518,735 11,772
Nebraska 190 1 1 21 167 63 1,047,498 2,347
North Dakota 73 0 0 6 67 73 595,167 982
South Dakota 31 0 2 6 23 97 627,603 1,008
SOUTH 28,431 1,016 493 4,389 22,533 3,988 89,206,697 203,765
South Atlantic 17,985 474 250 2,837 14,424 1,785 47,389,174 112,201
Delaware 458 12 12 88 346 52 843,524 2,299
District of Columbia3 47 1 0 10 36 1   379
Florida 8,216 192 105 1,378 6,541 395 17,653,873 40,754
Georgia 660 32 14 90 524 221 3,937,942 11,614
Maryland 4,021 80 42 483 3,416 145 5,512,398 14,721
North Carolina 2,333 86 30 289 1,928 366 7,920,753 17,386
South Carolina 999 43 34 144 778 360 4,045,929 9,929
Virginia 1,251 28 13 355 855 245 7,474,755 15,119
West Virginia2                
East South Central 3,454 261 113 742 2,338 813 12,678,284 30,360
Alabama 337 18 6 52 261 282 3,984,466 8,747
Kentucky 535 68 7 145 315 10 1,160,483 3,100
Mississippi 263 17 1 25 220 102 1,763,340 3,746
Tennessee 2,319 158 99 520 1,542 419 5,769,995 14,767
West South Central 6,992 281 130 810 5,771 1,390 29,139,239 61,204
Arkansas 225 16 9 35 165 34 886,030 2,040
Louisiana 1,242 44 14 65 1,119 87 2,040,796 6,892
Oklahoma 979 40 13 143 783 294 3,493,881 6,186
Texas 4,546 181 94 567 3,704 975 22,718,532 46,086
WEST 13,957 525 301 2,109 11,022 1,434 58,975,852 123,554
Mountain 4,841 238 121 828 3,654 624 17,781,137 36,248
Arizona 2,072 97 50 365 1,560 81 5,441,528 11,127
Colorado 876 63 19 208 586 203 4,351,985 10,292
Idaho 284 22 7 19 236 91 1,279,370 2,041
Montana2                
Nevada 466 24 8 55 379 33 2,410,942 4,299
New Mexico 793 25 30 138 600 55 1,474,531 3,444
Utah 289 6 3 33 247 100 2,332,370 3,968
Wyoming 61 1 4 10 46 61 490,411 1,077
Pacific 9,116 287 180 1,281 7,368 810 41,194,715 87,306
Alaska 211 14 18 32 147 33 650,601 1,140
California 7,250 234 129 1,079 5,808 443 30,791,078 71,406
Hawaii 214 0 4 17 193 2 1,048,094 2,314
Oregon 373 10 6 37 320 97 2,453,443 3,557
Washington 1,068 29 23 116 900 235 6,251,499 8,889

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