Table 66

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency and Percent Cleared,¹ 2006

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Circumstance	Total	Percent cleared	Group I		Group II		Group III		Group IV		Group V		Group VI		Metropolitan counties		Nonmetropolitan counties
Circumstance	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared	Total	Percent cleared
Number of victim officers	58,634	90.7	14,744	89.2	7,059	90.8	6,473	91.7	4,725	91.7	4,111	91.0	4,420	90.3	14,950	91.6	2,152	88.8
Disturbance calls	18,135	92.1	4,517	89.2	2,453	93.2	2,414	92.8	1,522	92.8	1,438	93.0	1,355	91.4	3,859	94.1	577	91.0
Burglaries in progress/pursuing burglary suspects	844	88.2	268	79.9	85	90.6	83	94.0	101	90.1	61	85.2	59	88.1	178	96.1	9	100.0
Robberies in progress/pursuing robbery suspects	517	87.0	194	80.4	62	90.3	68	95.6	29	93.1	33	93.9	14	78.6	107	87.9	10	100.0
Attempting other arrests	9,233	91.6	2,457	92.4	1,226	86.8	1,045	91.0	844	93.6	738	91.6	775	90.5	1,805	94.2	343	90.1
Civil disorders (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	669	88.8	171	84.2	105	94.3	101	94.1	90	94.4	46	89.1	60	86.7	66	78.8	30	86.7
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoners	7,133	89.7	1,222	92.1	609	95.6	617	89.8	508	87.6	476	88.9	470	91.1	2,837	87.9	394	88.8
Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances	5,568	90.6	1,726	89.5	745	89.1	670	90.6	507	92.7	369	88.1	446	90.1	989	94.4	116	84.5
Ambush situations	179	76.0	63	76.2	23	82.6	15	80.0	17	64.7	10	90.0	12	58.3	31	77.4	8	75.0
Handling persons with mental illness	1,058	84.4	250	69.6	119	87.4	118	94.1	99	85.9	75	88.0	102	90.2	250	88.0	45	91.1
Traffic pursuits/stops	6,490	89.4	1,619	87.5	771	88.7	605	90.9	486	93.0	431	89.8	558	90.3	1,724	89.9	296	87.8
All other	8,808	90.3	2,257	90.3	861	90.1	737	91.2	522	89.1	434	90.3	569	88.6	3,104	91.2	324	85.8

¹Offenses reported to the national UCR Program can be cleared either by arrest or exceptional means (when elements beyond law enforcement's control prevent the agency from placing formal charges against the offender).