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  1. Law Enforcement Officers Killed, By Division, Or Assaulted, By Type of  Weapon Used:1975-1987   Item                           1975     1980      1985     1987 
  2.  
  3.   Officers Killed
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  5. Total killed                   (1)185    (2)165   (3)148      147
  6. Northeast                          28        31       19       24
  7. Midwest                            40        23       23       31
  8. South                              71        72       64       51
  9. West                               36        32       29       40
  10. Puerto Rico                         8         6       10        1
  11.  
  12.   Assaults
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  14. Population (1,000)(4)         151,927   182,288  198,935  190,025
  15. Number of--
  16.   Agencies represented          7,435     9,235    9,906    8,957
  17.   Police officers             290,638   345,554  389,808  378,977
  18. Total assaulted                44,867    57,847   61,724   63,842
  19.   Firearm                       3,282     3,295    2,793    2,789
  20.   Knife or cutting instrument   1,287     1,653    1,715    1,561
  21.   Other dangerous weapon        4,516     5,415    5,263    5,685
  22.   Hands, fists, feet, etc.     35,782    47,484   51,953   53,807
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  25. 1. Includes one officer each in the Virgin Islands and Guam.
  26. 2. Includes one officer in Virgin Islands.
  27. 3. Includes one officer in Guam and 2 in foreign locations.
  28. 4. Represents the number of persons covered by agencies shown.
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  30. Source:U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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