Table 32

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 1997-2006

Circumstance		Total	Total firearms	Handgun	Rifle	Shotgun	Knife or other cutting instrument	Bomb	Blunt instrument	Personal weapons	Vehicle
Number of victim officers	Total	562	521	380	105	36	5	1	2	2	31
Disturbance calls	Total	99	94	60	21	13	2	0	1	0	2
	Bar fights, person with firearm, etc.	41	41	25	7	9	0	0	0	0	0
	Family quarrels	58	53	35	14	4	2	0	1	0	2
Arrest situations	Total	133	130	107	17	6	0	0	0	0	3
	Burglaries in progress/ pursuing burglary suspects	15	15	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Robberies in progress/ pursuing robbery suspects	44	42	39	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
	Drug-related matters	27	26	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Attempting other arrests	47	47	36	7	4	0	0	0	0	0
Civil disorders (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoners	Total	18	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances	Total	64	58	54	1	3	0	1	1	1	3
Ambush situations	Total	106	103	54	42	7	1	0	0	0	2
	Entrapment/premeditation	39	38	16	19	3	1	0	0	0	0
	Unprovoked attacks	67	65	38	23	4	0	0	0	0	2
Investigative activities (surveillance, searches, interviews, etc.)	Total	8	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Handling persons with mental illness	Total	13	12	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Traffic pursuits/stops	Total	100	78	64	13	1	1	0	0	1	20
	Felony vehicle stops	36	22	18	3	1	0	0	0	1	13
	Traffic violation stops	64	56	46	10	0	1	0	0	0	7
Tactical situations (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.)	Total	21	20	8	8	4	0	0	0	0	1

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