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Excerpt from amgreatness.com
The latest data from the FBI reveals that the number of assaults committed against law enforcement officers is at the highest level in at least 10 years.
According to the Daily Caller, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program recorded 79,091 different cases of assault against officers in the year 2023. The most common occurrences were during police responses to assaults against non-officers, with 6,783 such cases. The second-highest occurrence was during responses to drug violations, with 4,879 assaults taking place under such circumstances.