November 24, 2014 - 10:17 AM
By Susan Jones
The FBI says 76 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 2013 and another 49,851 were assaulted. (AP File Photo)
Of the 49,851 officers attacked last year, 14,565 -- or 29.2 percent -- were injured. And of those injured officers, the largest percentage -- 31.2 percent -- were assaulted while responding to disturbance calls, such as domestic disputes or bar fights.
The FBI says assailants used personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) in 79.8 percent of the incidents; firearms in 4.5 percent of incidents; and knives or other cutting instruments in 1.8 percent of the incidents. (Other weapons were used in 13.9 percent of assaults.)
The report does not provide a racial breakdown of the assaulted officers or of the known suspects.
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