In addition to the rise in crime, there has been a dramatic increase in assaults on police officers and law enforcement officials. The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR) shows that 79,091 police officers were assaulted. This is the highest reported number for a single year over the last ten years.
Although it’s a national problem, it seems most prevalent in the South. From 2014 to 2023 the South was the region with the highest number of police officers who were killed in the course of their duties. In 2023 this percentage dropped by 38 percent, from 32 to 20 deaths. This was the lowest number of police officer deaths since 2015.
The Radical Left’s extreme, pro-criminal agenda has put a target on the backs of police officers.
Over the past 14 months, there has been a 20% rise in assaults on police and a 72% rise in officer stabbings.
I will ALWAYS stand with the brave men and women in blue who continue…
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) April 8, 2024
Both the incidents and weapons used varied. In 2023, the majority of attacks on police officers took place during calls for simple assaults. There were 6,783 assaults on officers in those cases. In response to drug and narcotics-related calls, 4,879 police officers were assaulted. In the lowest number of assaults on police officers, 466 officers were injured or assaulted. According to the FBI, this number is also at a 10-year high.
The numbers of police officers killed in the course of duty aren’t much better. FBI statistics show that from 2021 to the year 2023, 194 police officers were killed. This is more than any three years within the last 20 years. According to the FBI statistics, 60 officers were killed in 2023; 61 in 2020, and 73 in 2011. In 2023, 57 people were convicted of felony murdering a police officer. Of those, 32 of them had a history of violent arrests.
Being a cop indeed is one of the most dangerous jobs. Why is there an increase in assaults on police officers? This is one of the easiest things to answer. New York City, and other cities where cash bail is not the norm, are good examples. In a video taken in February, a group of illegals, perhaps as many as 14 people, assaulted two New York City Police officers. Six men were charged with the assault but five were let go without bail. Four of the men hopped onto a bus to leave town. No cash bail is a clear message. No cash bail means that offenders are free to continue their criminal behavior without fear of consequences.
The Biden Migrant Crime Wave is coming to a suburb near YOU! Store lootings, carjackings, assaults on police officers. ENOUGH! DEPORT!
— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) February 3, 2024
Blue city and state politicians who undermine police departments but show up to funerals when a police officer dies in the line of duty are a part of these grim statistics. New York Gov. Both New York Gov.
Donald Trump said that after Officer Jonathan Diller died in New York he would demand a mandatory death penalty for killing police officers if he were reelected.
Deep down in the story, second-to-last paragraph, stats on aggravated assaults targeting Minnesota police officers.https://t.co/NCm4K0s7jE
— John Welbes (@jwelbes) April 16, 2024
