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 |