Table 70

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2006

Population group	Total	Percent distribution	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons
Population group	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution
Number of victim officers	58,634	100.0	2,278	3.9	1,047	1.8	8,512	14.5	46,797	79.8
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	14,744	100.0	924	6.3	268	1.8	2,303	15.6	11,249	76.3
Group II (cities 100,000 - 249,999)	7,059	100.0	233	3.3	110	1.6	992	14.1	5,724	81.1
Group III (cities 50,000 - 99,999)	6,473	100.0	148	2.3	114	1.8	806	12.5	5,405	83.5
Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999)	4,725	100.0	151	3.2	95	2.0	694	14.7	3,785	80.1
Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999)	4,111	100.0	111	2.7	66	1.6	486	11.8	3,448	83.9
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	4,420	100.0	153	3.5	91	2.1	563	12.7	3,613	81.7
Metropolitan counties	14,950	100.0	435	2.9	241	1.6	2,335	15.6	11,939	79.9
Nonmetropolitan counties	2,152	100.0	123	5.7	62	2.9	333	15.5	1,634	75.9