Table 44

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Criminal History of Known Assailant, 1997-2006

Criminal history		Total	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of known assailants		633	70	82	49	66	74	63	58	59	57	55
Prior criminal arrest		508	56	67	39	50	54	52	47	47	54	42
Convicted on prior criminal charge		377	46	39	30	31	42	38	42	37	42	30
Received juvenile conviction on prior criminal charge		91	4	12	8	3	9	8	16	15	8	8
Received parole/probation on prior criminal charge		290	30	29	23	25	31	34	29	32	35	22
Prior arrest for	Crime of violence	263	31	32	20	27	24	22	28	28	26	25
	Murder	26	2	6	0	4	3	2	3	2	1	3
	Drug law violation	253	28	32	18	13	26	31	26	26	27	26
	Assaulting an officer/resisting arrest	123	15	9	14	6	16	7	19	14	12	11
	Weapons violation	226	30	27	18	22	23	21	17	23	21	24

¹The 14 known assailants involved in the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.