Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 1996-2005
Circumstance | Total | Total firearms |
Handgun | Rifle | Shotgun | Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb | Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 575 | 532 | 394 | 103 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 0 |
Disturbance calls | 95 | 90 | 56 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Bar fights, person with firearm, etc. | 36 | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family quarrels | 59 | 54 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Arrest situations | 147 | 143 | 119 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Burglaries in progress/ pursuing burglary suspects |
18 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Robberies in progress/ pursuing robbery suspects |
50 | 48 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Drug-related matters | 28 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Attempting other arrests | 51 | 51 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 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 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances | 71 | 65 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Ambush situations | 102 | 99 | 55 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Entrapment/premeditation | 40 | 39 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprovoked attacks | 62 | 60 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Investigative activities (surveillance, searches, interviews, etc.) | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Handling mentally deranged persons | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Traffic pursuits/stops | 102 | 80 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
Felony vehicle stops | 42 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
Traffic violation stops | 60 | 54 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Tactical situations (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | 19 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |