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- <text id=93AC0308>
- <title>
- Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted:1980-92
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics
- Law
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Almanac</source>
- <hdr>
- Law Enforcement Officers Killed, by Division; or Assaulted,
- by Type of Weapon Used: 1980 - 1992
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <table>
- <tblhdr><c>Item<c type=i>1980<c type=i>1985<c type=i>1988<c type=i>1989<c type=i>1990<c type=i>1991<c type=i>1992
- <row><c type=a>OFFICERS KILLED<c type=i><c type=i><c type=i><c type=i><c type=i><c type=i><c type=i>
- <row><c>Total killed<c>165<c>148<c>155<c>146<c>132<c>71<c>128
- <row><c>Northeast<c>31<c>19<c>17<c>23<c>13<c>7<c>16
- <row><c>Midwest<c>23<c>23<c>18<c>22<c>20<c>20<c>15
- <row><c>South<c>72<c>64<c>77<c>68<c>68<c>29<c>68
- <row><c>West<c>32<c>29<c>39<c>23<c>23<c>7<c>23
- <row><c>Puerto Rico<c>6<c>10<c>1<c>8<c>8<c>7<c>6
- <row><c>ASSAULTS<c><c><c><c><c><c><c>
- <row><c>Population(1,000)(1)<c>182,288<c>198,935<c>186,418<c>189,641<c>199,065<c>191,397<c>217,997
- <row><c>Agencies represented<c>9,235<c>9,906<c>8,866<c>9,213<c>9,483<c>9,263<c>10,682
- <row><c>Police officers<c>345,554<c>389,808<c>369,743<c>380,232<c>412,314<c>405,069<c>460,430
- <row><c>Total assaulted<c>57,847<c>61,724<c>58,752<c>62,172<c>71,794<c>62,852<c>81,252
- <row><c>WEAPON:<c><c><c><c><c><c><c>
- <row><c>Firearm<c>3,295<c>2,793<c>2,759<c>3,154<c>3,662<c>3,532<c>4,455
- <row><c>Knife or cutting instrument<c>1,653<c>1,715<c>1,367<c>1,379<c>1,641<c>1,493<c>2,095
- <row><c>Other dangerous weapon<c>5,415<c>5,263<c>5,573<c>5,778<c>7,390<c>7,014<c>8,604
- <row><c>Hands, fists, feet, etc.<c>47,484<c>51,953<c>49,053<c>51,861<c>59,101<c>50,813<c>66,098
- </table>
- <p>1. Represents the number of persons covered by agencies shown.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- </p>
- </body>
- </article>
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