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Table 30
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 2002
Circumstance	Total	Total firearms	Handgun	Rifle	Shotgun	Knife or cutting instrument	Bomb	Personal weapons	Other
Total	56	51	38	10	3	1	0	0	4
Disturbance calls	9	8	4	2	2	0	0	0	1
Bar fights, person with firearm, etc.	4	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Family quarrels	5	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
Arrest situations	10	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0
Burglaries in progress/pursuing burglary suspects	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robberies in progress/pursuing robbery suspects	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drug-related matters	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempting other arrests	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Civil disorders (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoners	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances	8	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ambush situations	15	13	8	5	0	0	0	0	2
Entrapment/premeditation	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Unprovoked attacks	11	9	6	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mentally deranged assailants	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Traffic pursuits/stops	10	8	7	1	0	1	0	0	1