Table 77

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Department by Type of Weapon, 2003–2007

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Year	Department	Total	Firearm	Knife or other cutting instrument	Bomb	Blunt instrument	Personal weapons	Vehicle	Threat	Other
Number of victim officers	Total	5,923	444	45	36	65	2,050	457	487	2,339
2003	Total	437	34	7	34	13	145	43	64	97
	U.S. Capitol Police	8	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0
	U.S. Department of Homeland Security¹	231	23	4	33	8	45	17	12	89
	U.S. Department of the Interior¹	110	1	3	0	5	63	9	26	3
	U.S. Department of Justice	76	8	0	1	0	26	13	24	4
	U.S. Department of the Treasury	6	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
	U.S. Postal Inspection Service	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1
2004	Total	681	69	9	2	5	263	67	134	132
	U.S. Capitol Police	10	1	0	0	0	5	1	1	2
	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	311	44	1	2	3	76	33	34	118
	U.S. Department of the Interior	220	9	7	0	2	120	19	54	9
	U.S. Department of Justice	115	12	1	0	0	46	12	43	1
	U.S. Department of the Treasury	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	U.S. Postal Inspection Service	23	3	0	0	0	16	2	0	2
2005	Total	1,882	161	8	0	16	605	120	289	683
	U.S. Capitol Police	12	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	3
	U.S. Department of Homeland Security²	1,159	125	2	0	7	244	74	47	660
	U.S. Department of the Interior	528	5	5	0	5	259	28	212	14
	U.S. Department of Justice	162	27	1	0	3	82	17	26	6
	U.S. Department of the Treasury	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	U.S. Postal Inspection Service	18	4	0	0	1	12	0	1	0
2006³	Total	1,273	109	4	0	17	484	96		563
	U.S. Capitol Police	5	0	0	0	0	5	0		0
	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	866	64	2	0	10	212	56		522
	U.S. Department of the Interior	257	5	2	0	7	210	28		5
	U.S. Department of Justice	137	40	0	0	0	50	12		35
	U.S. Department of the Treasury	2	0	0	0	0	2	0		0
	U.S. Postal Inspection Service	6	0	0	0	0	5	0		1
2007	Total	1,650	71	17	0	14	553	131		864
	U.S. Capitol Police	4	1	0	0	0	3	0		0
	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	1,304	47	7	0	5	303	91		851
	U.S. Department of the Interior⁴	247	6	5	0	8	197	19		12
	U.S. Department of Justice	85	17	4	0	0	43	20		1
	U.S. Department of the Treasury	2	0	0	0	0	2	0		0
	U.S. Postal Inspection Service	8	0	1	0	1	5	1		0

¹Data for 2003 for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Indian Affairs were not available for inclusion in this table.
²Beginning in 2005, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection changed their reporting practices; therefore, figures are not comparable to previous years' data.
³Beginning in 2006, "Threat" is no longer collected as a type of weapon.
⁴Prior to 2007, data were not collected from the Bureau of Land Management.