Table 13

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Weapon Stolen¹ by Assailant, 1997-2006

Victim officer		Total	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001²	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of victim officers	Total	562	70	61	42	51	70	56	52	57	55	48
Weapon stolen	Total	81	11	11	6	5	8	8	11	8	9	4
	Slain with own weapon	31	3	2	4	1	2	3	7	4	5	0
	Slain with other weapon	50	8	9	2	4	6	5	4	4	4	4
	Slain with weapon information not reported	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Weapon not stolen	Total	477	59	50	36	45	62	48	41	48	46	42
	Slain with own weapon	18	2	4	1	0	1	1	4	3	1	1
	Slain with other weapon	459	57	46	35	45	61	47	37	45	45	41
	Slain with weapon information not reported	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Weapon stolen information not reported	Total	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Slain with own weapon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Slain with other weapon	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Slain with weapon information not reported	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2

¹ The term "stolen" indicates the weapon was taken from the scene of the incident.
² The 72 deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.
NOTE: Weapon is inclusive of all weapon types that may be issued to a law enforcement officer.