Table 78

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Geographic Region, Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2007
Area Total Firearm Knife or other
cutting
instrument
Bomb Blunt
instrument
Personal
weapons
Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers 1,650 71 17 0 14 553 131 864
NORTHEAST 57 10 0 0 1 39 4 3
New England 17 4 0 0 0 11 2 0
Connecticut 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Maine 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Massachusetts 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
New Hampshire 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
Middle Atlantic 40 6 0 0 1 28 2 3
New Jersey 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
New York 20 0 0 0 1 14 2 3
Pennsylvania 11 6 0 0 0 5 0 0
MIDWEST 71 2 3 0 1 51 8 6
East North Central 16 2 1 0 0 9 4 0
Illinois 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michigan 5 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
Ohio 7 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West North Central 55 0 2 0 1 42 4 6
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Missouri 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
Nebraska 7 0 0 0 1 3 1 2
North Dakota 26 0 1 0 0 25 0 0
South Dakota 15 0 1 0 0 10 0 4
SOUTH 394 26 5 0 6 204 50 103
South Atlantic 143 9 2 0 6 98 27 1
Delaware 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
District of Columbia 92 1 0 0 5 73 13 0
Florida 24 2 2 0 0 10 9 1
Georgia 6 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Maryland 9 6 0 0 0 3 0 0
North Carolina 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
South Carolina 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
Virginia 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
East South Central 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
Alabama 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mississippi 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tennessee 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
West South Central 247 17 2 0 0 104 22 102
Arkansas 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louisiana 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas 241 16 2 0 0 99 22 102
WEST 1,125 32 9 0 6 257 69 752
Mountain 508 20 2 0 5 162 56 263
Arizona 395 16 2 0 4 75 51 247
Colorado 11 0 0 0 1 9 1 0
Idaho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montana 44 1 0 0 0 39 2 2
Nevada 10 1 0 0 0 8 1 0
New Mexico 30 2 0 0 0 13 1 14
Utah 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
Wyoming 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
Pacific 617 12 7 0 1 95 13 489
Alaska 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
California 601 12 7 0 1 80 12 489
Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Washington 12 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER
OUTLYING AREAS
2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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