3 officers in Louisiana were assaulted with firearms or knives in 2019, study finds
(The Center Square) – Law enforcement officers in Louisiana who were assaulted in 2019 with firearms, knives or similar sharp implements numbered three, according to FBI crime statistics.
In the South region, 45 officers were assaulted in such a manner, according to data released in the fall of 2020. And from 2010 to 2019, the number of Louisiana law enforcement officers assaulted with knives or firearms was 17, the FBI reported.
Nationwide, 75 officers were assaulted with firearms or sharp implements while on duty in 2019, according to the study.
The total number of assaults on officers – with or without weapons – in the U.S. in 2019 reached 56,034, the FBI reported. Of that number, 8.8% involved knives or other cutting instruments; firearms, 5.6%; and other dangerous weapons, 15.9%.
A total of 48 officers nationwide were killed in felonious incidents in the line of duty that same year, the study said.
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Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Cutting Instruments
Area / StateTotal2010201120122013201420152016201720182019Number of victim officers1,0311041101051261061021191038175NORTHEAST124181120121310146911Connecticut82122010000Maine10000001000Massachusetts60100031100New Hampshire50041000000Rhode Island00000000000Vermont20000200000New Jersey304433602134New York274351323321Pennsylvania458265247146MIDWEST163252211171815172099Illinois10000100000Indiana193711401110Michigan418233262735Ohio90200101311Wisconsin163323012002Iowa30000010200Kansas10100000000Minnesota70001411000Missouri6010559568741Nebraska41100101000North Dakota00000000000South Dakota20100001000SOUTH45745494352464554413745Delaware20000100001District of Columbia42000000101Florida4902109553429Georgia360544543254Maryland161222020205North Carolina162210324101South Carolina270222352290Virginia271515326301West Virginia102212020100Alabama71010001004Kentucky203441112301Mississippi70031003000Tennessee397843473030Arkansas143220004210Louisiana172132023013Oklahoma294202831522Texas1371712519131019151413WEST28416273145273234362610Arizona3922411166160Colorado342214555631Idaho60200003010Montana10000100000Nevada181242142200New Mexico70003030100Utah172152401110Wyoming40200001010Alaska92020004100California124615121611131121136Hawaii40002010010Oregon40012000001Washington171123401302PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS30100200000American Samoa00000000000Guam00000000000Mariana Islands00000000000Puerto Rico30100200000U.S. Virgin Islands00000000000
Source: U.S. Department of Justice – Federal Bureau of Investigation
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