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

Table 75

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


Department 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
Department of Homeland Security1,2,3 1,814 209 10 30 35 148 400 113 869
2002 113 17 3 12 0 24 35 20 2
2003 231 23 4 8 33 17 45 12 89
2004 311 44 1 3 2 33 76 34 118
2005 1,159 125 2 7 0 74 244 47 660
Department of Justice1,4 811 95 6 36 1 87 236 156 194
2001 378 37 2 27 0 39 65 26 182
2002 80 11 2 6 0 6 17 37 1
2003 76 8 0 0 1 13 26 24 4
2004 115 12 1 0 0 12 46 43 1
2005 162 27 1 3 0 17 82 26 6
Department of the Interior2,5 1,122 22 28 17 0 90 597 328 40
2001 104 1 2 1 0 18 48 28 6
2002 160 6 11 4 0 16 107 8 8
2003 110 1 3 5 0 9 63 26 3
2004 220 9 7 2 0 19 120 54 9
2005 528 5 5 5 0 28 259 212 14
Department of the Treasury1,4 97 8 0 0 0 11 55 18 5
2001 83 6 0 0 0 11 52 12 2
2002 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2003 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
2004 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
U.S. Capitol Police 46 1 0 0 0 6 33 1 5
2001 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
2002 10 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0
2003 8 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0
2004 10 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 2
2005 12 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 3
U.S. Postal Inspection Service 74 9 0 2 0 5 47 3 8
2001 19 2 0 0 0 2 11 1 3
2002 8 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 2
2003 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1
2004 23 3 0 0 0 2 16 0 2
2005 18 4 0 1 0 0 12 1 0

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Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2005