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Assaults on Federal Officers[1] | |||||||||
Department by Type of Weapon, 1998-2002 | |||||||||
Department | Total | Firearm | Knife or cutting instrument |
Blunt object |
Bomb | Vehicle | Personal weapons |
Threat | Other |
Total | 2,398 | 268 | 33 | 56 | 6 | 267 | 840 | 298 | 630 |
Department of Homeland Security[2] | 113 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 35 | 20 | 2 |
2002 | 113 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 35 | 20 | 2 |
Department of the Interior | 437 | 31 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 69 | 225 | 67 | 23 |
1998 | 129 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 59 | 23 | 3 |
1999 | 103 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 64 | 7 | 6 |
2000 | 101 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 54 | 9 | 8 |
2001 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 48 | 28 | 6 |
2002 | 160 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 107 | 8 | 8 |
Department of Justice[2][3] | 1,391 | 207 | 13 | 36 | 5 | 121 | 337 | 99 | 573 |
1998 | 300 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 102 | 8 | 108 |
1999 | 384 | 87 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 107 | 46 | 114 |
2000 | 329 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 63 | 19 | 169 |
2001 | 378 | 37 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 39 | 65 | 26 | 182 |
2002 | 80 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 1 |
Department of the Treasury [2][3] | 485 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 66 | 224 | 129 | 26 |
1998 | 205 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 81 | 57 | 19 |
1999 | 121 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 50 | 37 | 3 |
2000 | 76 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 23 | 2 |
2001 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 52 | 12 | 2 |
2002 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
U.S. Capitol Police | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
1998 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1999 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
2000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
2001 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | 59 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 3 |
1998 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
2001 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
2002 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
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FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED AND ASSAULTED