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| 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 |
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LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED AND ASSAULTED, 2002
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