Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Type of Weapon, 1996-2005
Weapon | Total | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 20011 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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Total | 575 | 61 | 70 | 61 | 42 | 51 | 70 | 56 | 52 | 57 | 55 |
Firearm | 532 | 57 | 68 | 58 | 41 | 47 | 61 | 51 | 45 | 54 | 50 |
Handgun | 394 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 25 | 33 | 46 | 38 | 34 | 36 | 42 |
Rifle | 103 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 3 |
Shotgun | 35 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Knife or other cutting instrument | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bomb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blunt instrument | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Personal weapons | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vehicle | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |