Table 74

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Extent of Injury by Type of Weapon, 2001-2005

Extent of injury	Total	Firearm	Knife or other cutting instrument	Blunt instrument	Bomb	Vehicle	Personal weapons	Threat	Other
Total	3,964	344	44	85	36	347	1,368	619	1,121
2001¹	590	46	4	28	0	70	182	67	193
Killed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Injured	126	4	2	22	0	17	67	0	14
Not injured	464	42	2	6	0	53	115	67	179
2002	374	34	16	23	0	47	173	65	16
Killed	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Injured	132	1	5	10	0	8	103	0	5
Not injured	241	32	11	13	0	39	70	65	11
2003 ^2,3	437	34	7	13	34	43	145	64	97
Killed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Injured	73	1	0	2	0	11	49	0	10
Not injured	364	33	7	11	34	32	96	64	87
2004	681	69	9	5	2	67	263	134	132
Killed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Injured	143	7	0	0	0	19	99	0	18
Not injured	538	62	9	5	2	48	164	134	114
2005⁴	1,882	161	8	16	0	120	605	289	683
Killed	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Injured	309	16	1	6	0	31	229	0	26
Not injured	1,572	144	7	10	0	89	376	289	657

¹The two deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.
²Data for 2003 for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Indian Affairs were not available for inclusion in this table.
³Prior to 2003, data were not collected from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
⁴Because of changes in reporting practices by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, figures are not comparable to previous years' data.

Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2005

Release Date: October 2006