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Table 57
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Circumstance at Scene of Incident and Percent Cleared[1] by Population Group, 2002
Circumstance	Total	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	Group V	Group VI	Suburban Counties	Rural counties
Total	58,066	16,111	7,040	6,279	4,502	4,204	4,325	13,214	2,391
Percent cleared	89.6	91.3	88.2	90.4	90.9	87.7	86.5	89.3	87.7
Disturbance calls (family quarrels, bar rights, person with firearm, etc.)	18,063	4,834	2,342	2,221	1,619	1,512	1,390	3,456	689
Percent cleared	92.4	93.9	90.2	91.5	93.1	89.7	88.9	94.1	93.6
Burglaries in progress/pursuing burglary suspects	820	235	104	91	61	76	67	172	14
Percent cleared	88.2	91.1	98.1	85.7	80.3	84.2	71.6	90.7	85.7
Robberies in progress/ pursuing robbery suspects	505	188	47	71	25	29	20	116	9
Percent cleared	88.7	88.3	95.7	90.1	84.0	79.3	80.0	91.4	77.8
Attempting other arrests	9,464	2,598	1,296	1,064	837	719	775	1,789	386
Percent cleared	90.3	93.0	83.7	89.7	93.2	87.6	88.4	91.9	90.9
Civil disorders (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	656	112	98	81	64	52	71	146	32
Percent cleared	88.3	91.1	83.7	88.9	95.3	80.8	80.3	90.4	96.9
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoners	7,759	2,009	609	611	486	497	449	2,699	399
Percent cleared	89.0	95.3	90.0	93.6	93.8	91.3	89.8	81.4	90.5
Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances	5,702	2,086	759	703	382	372	378	873	149
Percent cleared	88.2	87.9	88.1	91.0	85.3	87.1	82.8	91.0	88.6
Ambush situations	199	77	17	23	9	13	18	29	13
Percent cleared	72.9	64.9	88.2	87.0	66.7	69.2	72.2	79.3	69.2
Mentally deranged assailants	982	289	131	111	74	66	96	183	32
Percent cleared	81.8	74.0	88.5	81.1	89.2	86.4	85.4	82.5	84.4
Traffic pursuits/stops	6,412	1,854	780	644	454	435	543	1,326	376
Percent cleared	88.0	89.3	86.4	88.7	88.1	85.5	85.8	88.5	87.2
Another	7,504	1,829	857	659	491	433	518	2,425	292
Percent cleared	86.7	87.8	88.7	88.6	85.1	81.8	81.7	89.4	66.8
Offenses reported to the national UCR Program can be cleared either by arrest or exceptional means (when elements beyond law enforcement's control prevent the agency from placing formal charges against the offender).