Evaluate trends in officers assaulted in the line of duty and identify which types of activities are most likely to result in assault on an officer.
What will be an ideal response?
A trend is clear in assaults on police officers. Assaults peaked in 2007 and 2008 and have been gradually declining since. As to which activities result in the most assaults on officers, FBI statistics show disturbance calls (31.9%) as the most common circumstance, followed by arrest situations (17.9%), followed by handling, transporting, or custody of prisoners (12.6%); traffic pursuits/stops (9.6%); investigating suspicious persons (9.4%).
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