NCJ Number
129883
Date Published
1990
Length
27 pages
Annotation
Data on North Carolina law enforcement officer assaults and deaths compare 1989 with 1988 and present a 10-year trend analysis with projections for 1990.
Abstract
The comparison of 1989 and 1988 statistics on officer assaults covers the number of officers assaulted by month, situation, and assignment at the time of the assault, weapon used, injuries to officers, and clearances in assaults on officers. Other data in this section address situations in which officers were killed feloniously for 1980-89 and the criminal histories of persons identified in the killing of officers for 1980-89. Data on the 10-year trend analysis on officer assaults and projections for 1990 encompass total officer assaults, assaults with injuries, assignment at time of assault, activity at time of assault, assaults by weapon, and assaults by time of day. The number of officer assaults increased by 2 percent from 1988 to 1989. One of every five officers were assaulted in 1989, and October was the month that had the highest number of officer assaults. During 1989 most officer assaults occurred in responses to disturbance calls (32.6 percent). The assignment under which most officer assaults occurred during 1989 was one-officer-vehicle-assisted (41.2 percent). The most frequent weapon used in officer assaults was personal weapons (hands, fist, feet, etc.). Injuries to officers from assaults increased by 29.5 percent in 1989. No officers were killed feloniously in 1989.