Table 68

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Type of Weapon by Number of Assaults and Percent Injured, 1997-2006

Year	Total	Percent injured	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons		Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Year	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Number of victim officers	578,926	28.4	19,953	12.8	10,625	16.3	79,382	26.5	468,966	29.6	96,575	2,120,273,136	4,728,657
1997	52,149	30.4	2,110	23.1	971	25.4	5,800	32.1	43,268	30.6	8,120	184,824,864	411,015
1998	60,673	30.7	2,126	20.7	1,098	23.7	7,415	30.2	50,034	31.3	8,153	193,098,427	452,361
1999	55,971	28.0	1,772	11.9	999	17.5	7,560	27.1	45,640	29.0	9,832	207,124,112	462,782
2000	58,398	28.1	1,749	11.4	1,015	15.2	8,132	26.9	47,502	29.2	8,940	204,598,589	452,531
2001	57,463	28.3	1,841	10.3	1,168	15.3	8,233	26.1	46,221	29.7	9,773	213,645,308	471,096
2002	59,526	28.2	1,927	11.4	1,061	15.1	8,526	25.7	48,012	29.7	10,164	219,424,713	491,009
2003	58,600	28.2	1,879	10.7	1,084	13.4	8,180	25.4	47,457	29.7	10,539	225,769,768	501,738
2004	59,692	27.8	2,114	9.0	1,123	12.8	8,645	25.6	47,810	29.4	10,589	226,273,199	501,462
2005	57,820	27.4	2,157	8.7	1,059	11.5	8,379	24.6	46,225	29.1	10,119	222,873,755	489,393
2006	58,634	26.8	2,278	10.2	1,047	13.5	8,512	23.5	46,797	28.5	10,346	222,640,401	495,270

NOTE: Assault figures published in prior years' editions of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted have been updated for inclusion in this table.