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Table 58
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment, Percent Distribution, 2002
Circumstance	Total	2-Officer vehicle	1-Officer vehicle		Detective/ Special assignment		Other
			Alone	Assisted	Alone	Assisted	Alone	Assisted
Total	58,066	10,142	13,645	22,998	1,142	2,113	2,453	5,573
Percent of total assignments[1]	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Disturbance calls (family quarrels, bar fights, person with firearm, etc.)	18,063	3,468	4,005	8,851	197	285	349	908
Percent of total assignments	31.1	34.2	29.4	38.5	17.3	13.5	14.2	16.3
Burglaries in progress/ pursuing burglary suspects	820	141	167	406	25	16	21	44
Percent of total assignments	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.8	2.2	0.8	0.9	0.8
Robberies in progress/pursuing robbery suspects	505	127	103	181	16	27	25	26
Percent of total assignments	0.9	1.3	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.3	1.0	0.5
Attempting other arrests	9,464	1,687	2,171	3,809	211	578	323	685
Percent of total assignments	16.3	16.6	15.9	16.6	18.5	27.4	13.2	12.3
Civil disorders (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	656	90	122	238	21	41	29	115
Percent of total assignments	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.8	1.9	1.2	2.1
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoners	7,759	810	1,311	2,197	173	275	719	2,274
Percent of total assignments	13.4	8.0	9.6	9.6	15.1	13.0	29.3	40.8
Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances	5,702	1,397	1,442	1,833	134	346	205	345
Percent of total assignments	9.8	13.8	10.6	8.0	11.7	16.4	8.4	6.2
Ambush situations	199	43	63	25	4	12	18	34
Percent of total assignments	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.6
Mentally deranged assailants	982	180	180	485	15	29	27	66
Percent of total assignments	1.7	1.8	1.3	2.1	1.3	1.4	1.1	1.2
Traffic pursuits/stops	6,412	1,216	1,985	2,711	97	140	73	190
Percent of total assignments	11.0	12.0	14.5	11.8	8.5	6.6	3.0	3.4
All other	7,504	983	2,096	2,262	249	364	664	686
Percent of total assignments	12.9	9.7	15.4	9.8	21.8	17.2	27.1	15.9
Due to rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.