Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident and Percent Cleared1 by Population Group, 2005
| Circumstance | Total | Group I |
Group II |
Group III |
Group IV |
Group V |
Group VI |
Metropolitan counties | Nonmetropolitan counties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 57,546 | 15,128 | 6,804 | 5,879 | 4,631 | 3,987 | 4,478 | 14,252 | 2,387 |
| Percent cleared | 89.2 | 88.3 | 89.6 | 91.7 | 89.7 | 90.0 | 89.7 | 88.9 | 87.1 |
| Disturbance calls (family quarrels, bar fights, person with firearm, etc.) | 17,534 | 4,686 | 2,338 | 1,983 | 1,475 | 1,394 | 1,415 | 3,607 | 636 |
| Percent cleared | 90.9 | 89.7 | 91.6 | 91.9 | 91.5 | 90.4 | 91.6 | 91.2 | 90.3 |
| Burglaries in progress/ pursuing burglary suspects |
802 | 268 | 94 | 63 | 95 | 49 | 53 | 162 | 18 |
| Percent cleared | 88.2 | 82.5 | 89.4 | 90.5 | 94.7 | 79.6 | 94.3 | 92.0 | 94.4 |
| Robberies in progress/ pursuing robbery suspects |
531 | 189 | 70 | 57 | 42 | 34 | 17 | 110 | 12 |
| Percent cleared | 89.8 | 84.1 | 95.7 | 89.5 | 92.9 | 91.2 | 94.1 | 96.4 | 66.7 |
| Attempting other arrests | 9,602 | 2,497 | 1,098 | 1,101 | 967 | 815 | 833 | 1,921 | 370 |
| Percent cleared | 90.8 | 88.5 | 87.2 | 91.6 | 94.0 | 93.9 | 91.2 | 93.3 | 86.8 |
| Civil disorders (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 727 | 194 | 99 | 94 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 145 | 22 |
| Percent cleared | 88.3 | 83.5 | 88.9 | 91.5 | 89.5 | 84.5 | 87.9 | 95.2 | 77.3 |
| Handling, transporting, custody of prisoners | 7,356 | 1,415 | 622 | 516 | 508 | 423 | 522 | 2,969 | 381 |
| Percent cleared | 86.5 | 93.8 | 92.1 | 92.1 | 81.3 | 87.0 | 89.7 | 81.1 | 86.6 |
| Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances | 5,520 | 1,834 | 702 | 633 | 470 | 310 | 388 | 1,024 | 159 |
| Percent cleared | 88.6 | 86.6 | 88.6 | 92.7 | 88.5 | 91.0 | 84.5 | 90.6 | 88.1 |
| Ambush situations | 181 | 63 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 7 |
| Percent cleared | 87.3 | 88.9 | 83.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 77.8 | 80.0 | 83.0 | 85.7 |
| Handling mentally deranged persons | 1,110 | 260 | 117 | 125 | 62 | 78 | 110 | 283 | 75 |
| Percent cleared | 87.1 | 78.1 | 82.1 | 88.8 | 80.6 | 94.9 | 89.1 | 92.9 | 96.0 |
| Traffic pursuits/stops | 6,360 | 1,599 | 739 | 589 | 435 | 400 | 617 | 1,604 | 377 |
| Percent cleared | 88.8 | 86.8 | 88.6 | 93.0 | 90.6 | 88.0 | 88.7 | 89.5 | 86.7 |
| All other | 7,823 | 2,123 | 913 | 701 | 510 | 417 | 455 | 2,374 | 330 |
| Percent cleared | 87.5 | 86.8 | 88.0 | 89.9 | 84.5 | 86.3 | 86.4 | 89.2 | 81.2 |