Table 68

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency and Percent Cleared,¹ 2008

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	58,792	88.5	16,264	88.8	7,732	90.2	6,262	87.4	4,298	84.8	3,913	87.7	4,238	89.0	14,105	89.1	1,980	87.6
Disturbance call	18,826	89.5	5,049	88.2	2,719	93.6	2,194	87.3	1,508	83.9	1,473	89.1	1,371	89.9	3,851	91.6	661	90.5
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect	828	87.8	274	85.4	91	94.5	109	89.0	83	80.7	38	84.2	39	87.2	177	90.4	17	100.0
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect	558	88.0	216	82.9	67	95.5	67	91.0	39	84.6	21	85.7	12	100.0	130	90.8	6	100.0
Attempting other arrest	8,899	89.9	2,520	90.3	1,238	89.9	1,045	88.1	758	91.3	673	88.6	748	88.2	1,638	91.3	279	90.0
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	686	90.8	177	90.4	135	88.9	119	92.4	44	79.5	49	85.7	61	95.1	82	100.0	19	84.2
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	6,941	87.8	1,501	92.8	671	91.2	665	87.1	426	79.3	435	86.9	510	90.8	2,434	85.3	299	85.6
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	5,466	88.1	1,968	89.2	765	91.4	579	88.9	432	78.7	364	81.6	352	86.1	888	91.9	118	78.8
Ambush situation	227	75.8	78	66.7	17	88.2	21	81.0	21	100.0	9	33.3	12	83.3	58	75.9	11	90.9
Handling person with mental illness	1,127	81.5	258	78.7	125	87.2	143	83.2	74	90.5	68	76.5	114	91.2	291	75.9	54	79.6
Traffic pursuit/stop	6,090	87.9	1,774	87.7	744	89.2	568	89.4	414	87.2	388	90.7	469	87.2	1,458	87.0	275	85.5
All other	9,144	87.4	2,449	89.0	1,160	81.6	752	83.6	499	85.6	395	87.8	550	88.7	3,098	89.1	241	87.6

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