Table 69

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment and Percent Distribution,¹ 2008

Circumstance	Total	Percent distribution	2-Officer vehicle		1-Officer vehicle				Detective/special assignment				Other
			2-Officer vehicle		Alone		Assisted		Alone		Assisted		Alone		Assisted
			Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution	Total	Percent distribution
Number of victim officers	58,792	100.0	10,439	17.8	14,740	25.1	22,133	37.6	976	1.7	2,019	3.4	2,363	4.0	6,122	10.4
Disturbance call	18,826	100.0	3,502	18.6	4,602	24.4	8,592	45.6	213	1.1	303	1.6	436	2.3	1,178	6.3
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect	828	100.0	152	18.4	236	28.5	341	41.2	9	1.1	25	3.0	16	1.9	49	5.9
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect	558	100.0	126	22.6	149	26.7	202	36.2	12	2.2	25	4.5	17	3.0	27	4.8
Attempting other arrest	8,899	100.0	1,546	17.4	2,164	24.3	3,398	38.2	172	1.9	490	5.5	267	3.0	862	9.7
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	686	100.0	108	15.7	166	24.2	225	32.8	24	3.5	22	3.2	48	7.0	93	13.6
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	6,941	100.0	749	10.8	1,272	18.3	2,035	29.3	92	1.3	201	2.9	649	9.4	1,943	28.0
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	5,466	100.0	1,259	23.0	1,443	26.4	1,877	34.3	129	2.4	279	5.1	136	2.5	343	6.3
Ambush situation	227	100.0	37	16.3	64	28.2	60	26.4	5	2.2	17	7.5	19	8.4	25	11.0
Handling person with mental illness	1,127	100.0	126	11.2	249	22.1	595	52.8	12	1.1	13	1.2	20	1.8	112	9.9
Traffic pursuit/stop	6,090	100.0	1,257	20.6	1,984	32.6	2,297	37.7	69	1.1	196	3.2	63	1.0	224	3.7
All other	9,144	100.0	1,577	17.2	2,411	26.4	2,511	27.5	239	2.6	448	4.9	692	7.6	1,266	13.8