Table 33

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 2000–2009

Circumstance		Total	Total firearms	Handgun	Rifle	Shotgun	Type of firearm not reported	Knife or other cutting instrument	Bomb	Blunt instrument	Personal weapons	Vehicle
Number of victim officers	Total	536	490	357	94	38	1	3	2	2	1	38
Disturbance call	Total	77	73	47	15	11	0	1	0	1	0	2
	Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.)	35	35	21	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.)	42	38	26	8	4	0	1	0	1	0	2
Arrest situation	Total	121	117	98	11	7	1	0	0	0	0	4
	Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect	14	13	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect	38	36	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Drug-related matter	19	18	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Attempting other arrest	50	50	39	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	Total	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	Total	59	55	49	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	2
Ambush situation	Total	115	113	61	41	11	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Entrapment/premeditation	42	42	16	19	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Unprovoked attack	73	71	45	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.)	Total	9	7	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Handling person with mental illness	Total	12	11	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Traffic pursuit/stop	Total	101	73	62	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	27
	Felony vehicle stop	36	18	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	18
	Traffic violation stop	65	55	49	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	9
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.)	Total	29	28	13	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1

NOTE: The deaths of the 72 law enforcement officers that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.