This page provides information about duly sworn local, state, and tribal law enforcement officers who were assaulted in the line of duty in 2005 and met certain other criteria.
For information by region and population group, see Tables 63 and 64.
More information about this topic is included in Tables 68 and 69.
More information about this topic is provided in Table 65.
More information about this topic (including a complete breakdown of the types of circumstances in which officers were assaulted) is provided in Table 67.
More information about this topic is provided in Table 66.
(Based on Table 67.)
More information about this topic is provided in Tables 69 and 70.
A breakdown concerning the weapons used against officers who were assaulted with injuries resulting is provided under Injuries.
Population group | Number of reporting agencies |
Population covered |
Number of officers employed |
---|---|---|---|
Total |
10,032 |
221,015,834 |
485,048 |
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) |
61 |
39,207,155 |
90,087 |
Group II (cities 100,000 - 249,999) |
159 |
24,093,023 |
43,539 |
Group III (cities 50,000 - 99,999) |
350 |
23,988,374 |
41,101 |
Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999) |
599 |
20,774,920 |
38,027 |
Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999) |
1,364 |
21,588,076 |
42,395 |
Group VI (cities under 10,000)1 |
5,130 |
16,965,998 |
58,729 |
Metropolitan counties1 |
905 |
54,448,303 |
133,941 |
Nonmetropolitan counties1 |
1,464 |
19,949,985 |
37,229 |
1Includes universities and colleges, state police agencies, and/or other agencies to which no population is attributed.
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