Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2002/Section II — Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

by Federal Bureau of Investigation

Section II — Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Methodology

Section II contains data pertaining to assaults on sworn city, county, and state law enforcement officers. The information is collected monthly from UCR Program participants who collect and submit data either through their state UCR Programs or directly to the FBI (non-Program states).

Law enforcement agencies report the number of assaults resulting in serious injury or instances in which a weapon was used that could have caused serious injury or death. Agencies record other assaults only if they involved more than verbal abuse or minor resistance to an arrest.

The UCR Program publishes in Section II data reported by those law enforcement agencies that contributed 12 months of officer assault data and the number of officers they employed for the reporting year. In 2002, 9,987 law enforcement agencies providing services to over 216 million inhabitants or 75.0 percent of the Nation's total population met that criteria. Table 2. 1 presents by population groups the number of reporting agencies, the population covered, and the number of officers employed by each of those agencies. Additionally, Tables 55, 57, and 61 present data by population groups.

Overview

In 2002, the 9,987 law enforcement agencies contributing publishable data reported that 58,066 law enforcement officers were assaulted in the line of duty. The rate of 12.0 assaults per 100 officers employed in 2002 was 1.6 percent lower than the 2001 rate of 12.2, and 10.4 percent below the 13.4 rate recorded in 1998. The 2002 rate was 18.9 percent lower than the 1993 rate of 14.8 assaults per 100 officers employed. (Based on Tables 54 and 59.)

By region, the rate of law enforcement officers assaulted was the highest in the South, the most populous region, which had 13.9 assaults for every 100 officers employed. Law enforcement agencies in the West had a rate of 10.9 assaults per 100 officers; agencies in the Midwest, a rate of 10.8 assaults; and those in the Northeast, a rate of 10.2 assaults per 100 officers. (See Table 54.)

By population group, the highest rate of assaults on law enforcement officers, 17.5 per 100 officers, occurred in cities with populations of 100,000 to 249,999 inhabitants. Among the Nation's cities, those with under 10,000 inhabitants had the lowest rate, 7.2 assaults per 100 officers. Law enforcement officers in suburban counties experienced an assault rate of 10.3 and agencies in rural counties had a rate of 5.9 assaults per 100 officers. (See Table 55.)

Injuries

Over 28 percent (28.4) of all law enforcement officers assaulted in 2002 suffered personal injury. Among the Nation's four regions, law enforcement agencies in the Northeast experienced the highest percentage of officer assaults resulting in injury (33.0 percent of the 7,564 officers assaulted). Agencies in the Midwest had 29.8 percent of the 8,930 officer assaults result in injury. Of the 28,321 officers assaulted in the South, 27.7 percent of the officers were injured. In the West, 13,251 officers were assaulted, and 26.3 percent of those officers were injured. (Based on Table 54.)

Among the Nation's cities, law enforcement agencies in cities with populations of less than 10,000 inhabitants had the highest percentage of officers injured among those that were assaulted within their jurisdictions at 32.2 percent. Agencies in cities with populations of 250,000 and over had the lowest percentage at 25.4 percent. Agencies representing suburban counties had 28.9 percent of officers assaulted result in injuries, and rural counties had 29.6 percent of assaults on officers result in injuries. (Based on Table 55.)

Times

Most assaults (14.9 percent) on law enforcement officers in 2002 occurred during the hours of midnight and 2 a.m. Similarly, over the last 10 years (1993-2002), the majority (15.9 percent) of assaults on law enforcement officers occurred within the same time frame. (Based on Table 56.)

Clearances

Of the total number of assaults on law enforcement officers in 2002, 89.6 percent were cleared by arrest or exceptional means. By circumstance, the greatest number of clearances for assaults on law enforcement officers, 92.4 percent, was for disturbance calls (family quarrels, bar fights, person with firearm, etc.). The circumstance with the lowest percentage of clearances, 72.9 percent, was for officers assaulted in ambush situations. (See Table 57.)

Circumstances

In 2002, the majority (31.1 percent) of officers assaulted were responding to disturbance calls, which include family quarrels, bar fights, person with firearm, etc. Over 13 percent (13.4) of the officers were assaulted while maintaining custody of prisoners, 11.0 percent were assaulted during traffic pursuits or stops, and 9.8 percent were investigating suspicious persons or circumstances. Over 16 percent (16.3) of the officers assaulted were attempting other types of arrests. Officers assaulted by mentally deranged assailants and those investigating burglary, robbery, or civil disorder incidents accounted for 5.1 percent of officers assaulted. The smallest percentage of assaults on law enforcement officers—0.3—were ambush situations. Officers performing all other duties comprised 12.9 percent of the assaults. (See Table 58.)

Types of Assignment

Of those officers assaulted in 2002, 80.6 percent were assigned to vehicle patrols (63.1 percent were assigned to 1-officer patrols, and 17.5 percent were assigned to 2-officer patrols). Of the total number of officers assaulted, 5.6 percent were on detective or special assignment, and 13.8 percent were performing other duties. Fellow officers were at the scene assisting 70.3 percent of the assaulted officers. (Based on Table 58.)

Weapons

Nearly 81 percent (80.6) of assaults on law enforcement officers in 2002 were committed with personal weapons such as hands, fists, feet, etc. Of those officers assaulted with personal weapons, 29.8 percent suffered injuries. Assaults with firearms accounted for 3.3 percent of all assaults on law enforcement officers. When offenders used firearms, 12.2 percent of the officers assaulted suffered injuries. Knives and cutting instruments were used in 1.8 percent of assaults and resulted in injuries to officers in 17.1 percent of these cases. Other dangerous weapons, which were used in 14.3 percent of all assaults on officers, resulted in personal injuries to 25.7 percent of those officers. (See Tables 59.)

Table 2.1
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Population Covered and Number of Reporting Agencies by Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency, 2002
Population group	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Total	9,987	216,342,701	482,762
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	63	39,787,874	95,337
Group II (cities 100,000 - 249,999)	142	21,673,985	40,118
Group III (cities 50,000 - 99,999)	329	22,761,452	39,956
Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999)	594	20,805,665	37,791
Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999)	1,330	21,010,862	41,186
Group VI (cities under 10,000)[1]	5,244	17,556,356	59,675
Suburban counties[1]	668	50,088,923	128,219
Rural counties[1]	1,617	22,657,584	40,480
Includes universities and colleges, state police agencies, and/or other agencies to which no population is attributed.

Table 54
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Region and Geographic Division, 2002
Area	Total[1]	Rate per 100 officers	Assaults with injury	Rate per 100 officers	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Total	58,066	12.0	16,494	3.4	9,987	216,342,701	482,762
NORTHEAST	7,564	10.2	2,498	3.4	1,790	29,544,738	73,853
New England	1,754	10.9	596	3.7	424	7,226,097	16,111
Middle Atlantic	5,810	10.1	1,902	3.3	1,366	22,318,641	57,742
MIDWEST	8,930	10.8	2,658	3.2	2,798	41,763,937	82,934
East North Central	4,167	8.5	1,515	3.1	1,266	24,138,342	48,751
West North Central	4,763	13.9	1,143	3.3	1,532	17,625,595	34,183
SOUTH	28,321	13.9	7,850	3.8	3,945	88,095,750	204,172
South Atlantic	17,114	16.1	4,369	4.1	1,590	44,693,378	106,009
East South Central	3,213	10.8	992	3.4	775	12,291,204	28,939
West South Central	8,084	11.7	2,489	3.6	1,580	31,111,168	69,224
WEST	13,251	10.9	3,488	2.9	1,454	56,938,276	121,803
Mountain	4,537	13.6	993	3.0	642	16,552,694	33,430
Pacifc	8,714	9.9	2,495	2.8	812	40,385,582	88,373
Regional and divisional totals do not include data for Illinois, Montana, Vermont, and West Virginia, which were not available for inclusion in this table.

Table 55
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Population group of Victim Officer's Agency, 2002
Population group	Total	Rate per 100 officers	Assaults with injury	Rate per 100 officers
Total	58,066	12.0	16,494	3.4
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	16,111	16.9	4,092	4.3
Group II (cities 100,000 - 249,999)	7,040	17.5	2,230	5.6
Group III (cities 50,000 - 99,999)	6,279	15.7	1,676	4.2
Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999)	4,204	10.2	1,207	2.9
Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999)	4,325	7.2	1,391	2.3
Suburban counties	13,214	10.3	3,819	3.0
Rural counties	2,391	5.9	708	1.7

Table 56
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Time of Day, Percent Distribution, 1993-2002
Time	Total	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	574,990	62,933	64,967	57,762	46,608	52,149	60,673	55,971	58,398	57,463	58,066
Percent distribution[1]	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
A.M.
12:01 - 2	88,501	10,170	10,164	9,008	7,251	7,971	8,986	8,426	8,960	8,924	8,641
	15.9	16.2	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.3	14.8	15.1	15.3	15.5	14.9
2:01 - 4	56,815	6,756	6,488	5,672	4,582	5,013	5,858	5,371	5,708	5,771	5,596
	10.2	10.7	10.0	9.8	9.8	9.6	9.7	9.6	9.8	10.0	9.6
4:01 - 6	21,896	2,489	2,577	2,194	1,750	1,894	2,240	2,020	2,254	2,224	2,254
	3.9	4.0	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.9	3.9	3.9
6:01 - 8	13,339	1,294	1,475	1,241	915	1,072	1,505	1,331	1,427	1,514	1,565
	2.2	2.1	2.3	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.6	2.7
8:01 - 10	20,960	1,951	2,191	1,899	1,601	1,846	2,355	2,060	2,311	2,304	2,442
	3.4	3.1	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.9	3.7	4.0	4.0	4.2
10:01 - Noon	27,316	2,700	2,990	2,682	2,008	2,333	3,021	2,675	2,920	2,905	3,082
	4.5	4.3	4.6	4.6	4.3	4.5	5.0	4.8	5.0	5.1	5.3
P.M.
12:01 - 2	31,850	3,239	3,435	3,127	2,546	2,772	3,246	3,006	3,641	3,349	3,489
	5.2	5.1	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.3	5.3	5.4	6.2	5.8	6.0
2:01 - 4	39,894	4,192	4,252	3,868	3,281	3,659	4,225	4,053	3,929	4,168	4,267
	6.6	6.7	6.5	6.7	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.2	6.7	7.3	7.3
4:01 - 6	51,223	5,311	5,741	5,097	4,143	4,719	5,505	5,152	5,298	5,039	5,218
	8.8	8.4	8.8	8.8	8.9	9.0	9.1	9.2	9.1	8.8	9.0
6:01 - 8	61,330	6,609	6,832	6,139	5,082	5,727	6,553	6,012	6,198	6,087	6,091
	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.9	11.0	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5
8:01 - 10	76,706	8,354	8,636	7,780	6,319	7,108	8,125	7,697	7,675	7,577	7,435
	13.5	13.3	13.3	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.4	13.8	13.1	13.2	12.8
10:01 - Midnight	85,160	9,868	10,186	9,055	7,130	8,035	9,054	8,168	8,077	7,601	7,986
	15.4	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.3	15.4	14.9	14.6	13.8	13.2	13.8

Table 57
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Circumstance at Scene of Incident and Percent Cleared[2] by Population Group, 2002
Circumstance	Total	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	Group V	Group VI	Suburban Counties	Rural counties
Total	58,066	16,111	7,040	6,279	4,502	4,204	4,325	13,214	2,391
Percent cleared	89.6	91.3	88.2	90.4	90.9	87.7	86.5	89.3	87.7
Disturbance calls (family quarrels, bar rights, person with firearm, etc.)	18,063	4,834	2,342	2,221	1,619	1,512	1,390	3,456	689
Percent cleared	92.4	93.9	90.2	91.5	93.1	89.7	88.9	94.1	93.6
Burglaries in progress/pursuing burglary suspects	820	235	104	91	61	76	67	172	14
Percent cleared	88.2	91.1	98.1	85.7	80.3	84.2	71.6	90.7	85.7
Robberies in progress/ pursuing robbery suspects	505	188	47	71	25	29	20	116	9
Percent cleared	88.7	88.3	95.7	90.1	84.0	79.3	80.0	91.4	77.8
Attempting other arrests	9,464	2,598	1,296	1,064	837	719	775	1,789	386
Percent cleared	90.3	93.0	83.7	89.7	93.2	87.6	88.4	91.9	90.9
Civil disorders (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	656	112	98	81	64	52	71	146	32
Percent cleared	88.3	91.1	83.7	88.9	95.3	80.8	80.3	90.4	96.9
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoners	7,759	2,009	609	611	486	497	449	2,699	399
Percent cleared	89.0	95.3	90.0	93.6	93.8	91.3	89.8	81.4	90.5
Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances	5,702	2,086	759	703	382	372	378	873	149
Percent cleared	88.2	87.9	88.1	91.0	85.3	87.1	82.8	91.0	88.6
Ambush situations	199	77	17	23	9	13	18	29	13
Percent cleared	72.9	64.9	88.2	87.0	66.7	69.2	72.2	79.3	69.2
Mentally deranged assailants	982	289	131	111	74	66	96	183	32
Percent cleared	81.8	74.0	88.5	81.1	89.2	86.4	85.4	82.5	84.4
Traffic pursuits/stops	6,412	1,854	780	644	454	435	543	1,326	376
Percent cleared	88.0	89.3	86.4	88.7	88.1	85.5	85.8	88.5	87.2
Another	7,504	1,829	857	659	491	433	518	2,425	292
Percent cleared	86.7	87.8	88.7	88.6	85.1	81.8	81.7	89.4	66.8
Due to rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0. Offenses reported to the national UCR Program can be cleared either by arrest or exceptional means (when elements beyond law enforcement's control prevent the agency from placing formal charges against the offender).

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.

Table 59
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Number of Assaults and Percent Injured by Type of Weapon, 1993-2002
	Total[1]	Firearm	Knife or cutting instrument	Other dangerous weapon	Personal weapons	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of Officers employed
1993 Total assaults	62,933	3,880	1,486	7,155	50,412	8,814	197,550,998	424,054
Percent injured	36.3	27.7	31.6	36.2	37.1
1994 Total assaults	64,967	3,174	1,510	7,197	53,086	10,246	215,500,906	469,426
Percent injured	35.8	26.6	29.3	36.7	36.4
1995 Total assaults	57,762	2,354	1,356	6,414	47,638	8,503	191,759,197	428,379
Percent injured	30.1	19.3	23.9	31.1	30.7
1996 Total assaults	46,608	1,878	871	5,069	38,790	7,803	165,263,526	371,964
Percent injured	32.1	24.8	30.7	39.4	31.5
1997 Total assaults	52,149	2,110	971	5,800	43,268	8,120	184,824,864	411,015
Percent injured	30.4	23.1	25.4	32.1	30.6
1998 Total assaults	60,673	2,126	1,098	7,415	50,034	8,153	193,098,427	452,361
Percent injured	30.7	20.7	23.7	30.2	31.3
1999 Total assaults	55,971	1,772	999	7,560	45,640	9,832	207,124,112	462,782
Percent injured	28.0	11.9	17.5	27.1	29.0
2000 Total assaults	58,398	1,749	1,015	8,132	47,502	8,940	204,598,589	452,531
Percent injured	28.1	11.4	15.2	26.9	29.2
2001 Total assaults	57,463	1,841	1,168	8,233	46,221	9,773	213,645,308	471,096
Percent injured	28.3	10.3	15.3	26.1	29.7
2002 Total assaults	58,066	1,889	1,056	8,326	46,795	9,987	216,342,701	482,762
Percent injured	28.4	12.2	25.7	29.8
Assault figures published in prior years' editions of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted have been updated in this table.

Table 60
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2002
Area	Total	Firearm	Knife or cutting instrument	Other dangerous weapon	Personal weapons	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Total	58,066	1,889	1,056	8,326	46,795	9,987	216,342,701	482,762
Percent distribution	100.0	3.3	1.8	14.3	80.6
NORTHEAST	7,564	212	108	1,090	6,154	1,790	29,544,738	73.853
New England	1,754	24	31	316	1,383	424	7,226,097	16,111
Connecticut	507	6	8	75	418	96	2,871,712	6,540
Maine	259	2	3	23	231	132	1,291,128	1,861
Massachusetts	337	4	12	38	283	47	1,223,374	3,852
New Hampshire	219	1	2	56	160	106	776.326	1,373
Rhode Island	432	11	6	124	291	43	1,063,557	2,485
Vermont[1]
Middle Atlantic	5,810	188	77	774	4.771	1,366	22,318,641	57,742
New Jersey	2,999	39	44	460	2.456	480	8,315.740	21,581
New York	443	3	7	35	398	251	6,075,367	17,869
Pennsylvania	2,368	146	26	279	1,917	635	7,927,534	18,292
MIDWEST	8,930	230	181	960	7.559	2,798	41,763.937	82,934
East North Central	4,167	113	70	417	3.567	1,266	24,138,342	48,751
Illinois[1]
Indiana	1,214	33	13	68	1,100	169	4,639,092	7,746
Michigan	1,504	58	44	218	1,184	575	9,856,504	20,793
Ohio	874	11	6	87	770	231	5,130,275	9.779
Wisconsin	575	11	7	44	513	291	4,512,471	10,433
West North Central	4,763	117	111	543	3,992	1,532	17,625,595	34,183
Iowa	561	11	23	96	431	229	2,914,512	4,429
Kansas	1,245	21	22	93	1,109	298	2,576.967	6.514
Minnesota	81	3	5	9	64	283	4,176,303	6,697
Missouri	2,592	77	52	311	2,152	504	5,497,696	11,948
Nebraska	180	5	5	27	143	137	1,604,508	3,227
North Dakota	68	0	0	5	63	67	568.709	925
South Dakota	36	0	4	2	30	14	286,900	443
SOUTH	28,321	965	514	4.436	22,406	3,945	88,095,750	204,172
South Atlantic	17,114	466	283	2,790	13,575	1,590	44,693,378	106,009
Delaware	419	6	5	90	318	50	806,717	2,205
District of Columbia[2]	17	0	1	4	12	2	0	368
Florida	8,628	192	151	1,441	6,844	396	16,186,485	39,127
Georgia	1,068	66	22	133	847	325	6,657,492	16.530
Maryland	3,096	59	44	416	2.577	118	4,503,859	11,755
North Carolina	2,092	83	29	244	1,736	338	7,167,448	16,650
South Carolina	490	27	8	72	383	100	2,136,892	4,845	Virginia	1,304	33	23	390	858	261	7,234,485	14,529
West Virginia[1]
East South Central	3,123	172	89	712	2,150	775	12,291,204	28,939
Alabama	370	13	11	54	292	224	3,586,846	7,787
Kentucky	327	14	11	37	265	17	1,289,107	2,418
Mississippi	290	13	4	48	225	99	1,629,539	3,562
Tennessee	2,136	132	63	573	1,368	435	5,785,712	15,172
West South Central	8,084	327	142	934	6,681	1,580	31,111,168	69,224
Arkansas	295	20	11	70	194	174	2,423,110	4,706
Louisiana	1,884	31	13	88	1,752	154	3,607,093	13,739
Oklahoma	843	44	14	132	653	301	3,493,714	6,305
Texas	5,062	232	104	644	4,082	951	21,587,251	44,474
WEST	13,251	482	253	1,840	10,676	1,454	56,938,276	121,803
Mountain	4,537	204	102	692	3,539	642	16,552,694	33,430
Arizona	2,164	112	51	318	1,683	84	5,143,638	10,451
Colorado	845	35	23	147	640	177	4,132,248	9,378
Idaho	191	6	6	31	148	113	1,309,851	2,355
Montana[1]
Nevada	452	15	4	48	385	29	1,787,535	3,255
New Mexico	571	27	15	125	404	66	1,398,142	2,797
Utah	240	8	2	16	214	11	2,393,988	4,144
Wyoming	74	1	1	7	65	62	487,292	1,050
Pacific	8,714	278	151	1,148	7,137	812	40,385,582	88,373
Alaska	115	7	6	19	83	30	598,264	1,058
California	6,893	230	115	936	5,612	456	30,390,046	72,948
Hawaii	223	8	7	26	182	3	1,092,127	2,414
Oregon	354	4	6	40	304	98	2,396,207	3,423
Washington	1,129	29	17	127	956	225	5,908,938	8,530
Data for Illinois, Montana, Vermont, and West Virginia were not available for inclusion in this table. The figure represents the number of assaults on officers reported by the Metro Transit Police and the National Zoological Park.

Table 61
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency by Type of Weapon, 2002
Population group	Total	Firearm	Knife or cutting instrument	Other dangerous weapon	Personal weapons
Total	58,066	1,889	1,056	8,326	46,795
Percent distribution	100.0	3.3	1.8	14.3	80.6
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	16,111	748	262	2,210	12,891
Group II (cities 100,000 - 249,999)	7,040	177	129	1,100	5,634
Group III (cities 50,000 - 99,999)	6,279	140	110	870	5,159
Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999)	4,502	119	114	663	3,606
Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999)	4,204	114	76	627	3,387
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	4,325	121	101	590	3,513
Suburban counties	13,214	362	205	1,829	10,818
Rural counties	2,391	108	59	437	1,787

Table 62
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, Percent Distribution,[1] 2002
Circumstance	Total	Firearm	Knife or cutting instrument	Other dangerous weapon	Personal weapons
Total	58,066	1,889	1,056	8,326	46,795
Percent distribution	100.0	3.3	1.8	14.3	80.6
Disturbance calls (family quarrels, bar fights, person with firearm, etc.)	18,063	554	486	1,766	15,257
Percent Distribution	100.0	3.1	2.7	9.8	84.5
Burglaries in progress/pursuing burglary suspects	820	33	14	193	580
Percent distribution	100.0	4.0	1.7	23.5	70.7
Robberies in progress/ pursuing robbery suspects	505	111	11	100	283
Percent distribution	100.0	22.0	2.2	19.8	56.0
Attempting other arrests	9,464	207	117	1,109	8,031
Percent distribution	100.0	2.2	1.2	11.7	84.9
Civil disorders (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	656	10	2	90	554
Percent distribution	100.0	1.5	0.3	13.7	84.5
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoners	7,759	26	55	616	7,062
Percent distribution	100.0	0.3	0.7	7.9	91.0
Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances	5,702	289	100	911	4,402
Percent distribution	100.0	5.1	1.8	16.0	77.2
Ambush situations	199	53	6	42	98
Percent distribution	100.0	26.6	3.0	21.1	49.2
Mentally deranged assailants	982	68	87	127	700
Percent distribution	100.0	6.9	8.9	12.9	71.3
Traffic pursuits/stops	6,412	271	50	2,222	3,869
Percent distribution	100.0	4.2	0.8	34.7	60.3
All other	7,504	267	128	1,150	5,959
Percent distribution	100.0	3.6	1.7	15.3	79.4
Due to rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.