Table 12

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Use of Weapon During Incident, 1997-2006

Victim officer	Total	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of victim officers	562	70	61	42	51	70	56	52	57	55	48
Fired own weapon	124	22	10	8	13	12	12	10	11	15	11
Attempted to use own weapon	86	6	11	8	4	16	10	9	9	6	7
Did not use or attempt to use own weapon	275	37	31	20	28	37	25	21	30	24	22
Use of weapon not reported	77	5	9	6	6	5	9	12	7	10	8

¹ The 72 deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.