Beruflich Dokumente
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May 3, 2017
Sincerely,
Mark Gwyn
Director
Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human
being by another.
Note: Deaths of Law Enforcement Officers by accidental causes do not meet the FBIs
reporting criteria for a LEOKA offense
Aggravated Assault An unlawful attack by one person upon another wherein the offender
uses a weapon or displays it in a threatening manner, or the victim suffers obvious severe or
aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury,
severe laceration or loss of consciousness.
Simple Assault An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the
offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury
involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration or loss
of consciousness.
Intimidation To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the
use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the
victim to actual physical attack.
Stalking To intentionally and repeatedly follow or harass another person in such a manner as
would cause that person to be in reasonable fear of being assaulted, suffering bodily injury or
death.
In 2016, a total of 218 agencies reported Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted (LEOKA).
In 2016, there were 1,808 reported LEOKA victims of 1,392 reported LEOKA incidents in the
state of Tennessee.
The number of reported LEOKA victims increased slightly by 1.3% from 2016. There were
In 2016, there were two Law Enforcement Officers reported as being feloniously killed in the
line of duty.
The most common weapon type was Personal Weapons (Hands, Feet, Teeth, etc.) at 64.7%.
The largest percentages of incidents reported occurred on Friday (16.0%) and Saturday
(15.6%).
The largest percentage (35.6%) of LEOKA incidents were reported as occurring between
The most common reported location for LEOKA incidents was Residence/Home at 33.2%. The
A total of 1,216 LEOKA incidents were cleared resulting in an 87.3% clearance rate. A total of
1,189 (85.4%) were Cleared by Arrest and the remaining 27 (1.9%) were Exceptionally
Cleared.
The most frequently reported Vehicle Assignments were One Officer Vehicle-Assisted (43.5%).
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2013 2014 2015 2016
Murder 1 2
AggravatedAssault 641 651 688 714
SimpleAssault 1,108 991 1,008 990
Intimidation 104 105 87 101
Stalking 2 1 1 1
The total number of LEOKA offenses increased by 1.3% from 2015 to 2016. Two Law Enforcement
Officers were reported as feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2016. Simple Assault offenses
decreased 1.8%. All other offenses, with the exception of stalking, increased from 2015 to 2016.
Clearances
Incidents can either be cleared by arrest, not cleared, or cleared by exceptional means such as the
death of the offender or prosecution being declined. Of the 1,392 LEOKA incidents 85.4% of them were
cleared by arrest, 1.9% were cleared by exceptional means, and 12.6% were not cleared at the time of
this report. One Stalking and one Murder offense in 2016 falls under the Cleared by Arrest category.
The other Murder offense was Not Cleared.
LEOKA Victims and Activity Type
OffiverActivityTypeofOffense
AllOther
TrafficPursuitsandStops
MentallyDeranged
AmbushNoWarning
InvestigatingSuspiciousPersonsorCircumstances
Handling,Transporting,CustodyofPrisoners
CivilDisorder(Riot,MassDisobediance,etc.)
AttemptingOtherArrests
RobberiesinProgress
BurglariesinProgress
Respondingto"Disturbance"Calls
An analysis of LEOKA Victims by age and gender revealed that 44.4% of victims were 25 to 34
year old males. Males between the ages of 35 and 44 accounted for an additional 25.5% of victims.
Females accounted for 8.3% of victims, with the majority falling in the 25 to 34 year old age range.
One female victim and 25 male victims with an Unknown age are not represented in the graph
above.
Regarding race, 90.8% of LEOKA victims were classified as White. An additional 8.4% of victims
were classified as Black/African American. Three victims were classified as having an Unknown
gender.
Vehicle Assignment describes if the Law Enforcement Officer was alone or assisted during a
LEOKA incident. Other-Alone and Other-Assisted refers to officers that were assaulted in other
capacities (i.e., foot patrol). Fourty-four percent of LEOKA victims had a Vehicle Assignment of One
Officer Vehicle-Assisted. An additional 30.0% fell under the category of One Officer Vehicle-Alone.
Injury Type is a required data element when LEOKA Victims by Injury Type
reporting Aggravated and Simple Assaults. Injury Type Number of Victims
There were 1,714 reported injury types in 2016,
Apparent Broken Bones 10
of those 68.4% of injury types were classified as
None, 27.8% were reported as an Apparent Possible Internal Injury 7
Weapon Types
Other 100
Fire/Incendiary Device 1
Drugs/Narcotics/Sleeping Pills 2
Personal Weapons (Hands, Feet, Teeth, Etc.) 854
Motor Vehicle as Weapon 199
Blunt Object (Club, Hammer, Etc.) 29
Knife/Cutting Instrument (Icepick, Ax, Etc.) 61
Other Firearm 4
Shotgun 9
Rifle 7
Handgun-Automatic 3
Handgun 42
Firearm (Type Not Stated) 9
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Aggravated Assault
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Offender Analysis
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Under 18 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55 and over
Male 103 293 489 303 169 85
Female 56 75 156 105 43 24
The majority of offenders in LEOKA incidents were males (75.2%) between the ages of 25 and
34 (41.3%). Females only accounted for 30.0% of offenders. Seven offenders had a gender and
age of Unknown. Eight males had an Unknown age.
Regarding race, 66.8% of offenders were White and 31.3% were Black or African American.
Twelve offenders were Asian, two Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and two Native
American/Alaskan Native. Seven offenders had a race of Unknown.
White
Total Employment 15,135 1,638 16,773 4,577 4,905 9,482 19,712 6,543 26,255