Table 70

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Type of Weapon and Percent Injured, 1999–2008

Year	Total	Percent injured	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons		Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Year	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Number of victim officers	586,915	27.9	20,189	11.3	10,527	14.9	83,119	25.7	473,080	29.3	101,635	2,208,415,019	4,916,222
1999	55,971	28.0	1,772	11.9	999	17.5	7,560	27.1	45,640	29.0	9,832	207,124,112	462,782
2000	58,398	28.1	1,749	11.4	1,015	15.2	8,132	26.9	47,502	29.2	8,940	204,598,589	452,531
2001	57,463	28.3	1,841	10.3	1,168	15.3	8,233	26.1	46,221	29.7	9,773	213,645,308	471,096
2002	59,526	28.2	1,927	11.4	1,061	15.1	8,526	25.7	48,012	29.7	10,164	219,424,713	491,009
2003	58,600	28.2	1,879	10.7	1,084	13.4	8,180	25.4	47,457	29.7	10,539	225,769,768	501,738
2004	59,692	27.8	2,114	9.0	1,123	12.8	8,645	25.6	47,810	29.4	10,589	226,273,199	501,462
2005	57,820	27.4	2,157	8.7	1,059	11.5	8,379	24.6	46,225	29.1	10,119	222,873,755	489,393
2006	59,396	26.7	2,290	9.5	1,055	12.7	8,611	23.6	47,440	28.4	10,596	227,360,586	504,147
2007	61,257	25.9	2,216	8.7	1,028	10.5	8,692	22.2	49,321	27.6	10,973	234,734,286	523,944
2008	58,792	26.1	2,244	8.4	935	13.4	8,161	22.6	47,452	27.8	10,110	226,610,703	518,120

NOTE: Assault figures published in prior years' editions of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted have been updated for inclusion in this table.