Based largely on interviews, this study of attacks against Chicago and Grampian, Scotland, police officers described their street encounters reported during 1992-1996. The majority of the police officer respondents had not had retraining in street survival since completing recruit training and leaving their academies. This was a major concern, as was the dissatisfaction about the way in which complaints of excessive force against police officers were collected and processed by review boards. The majority of respondents believed that the public and the media were not aware of how often police officers were assaulted. The study concluded that there were no systematic statistically significant variables that would demonstrate a single type of assault situation and therefore no single remedy. Training is a continuous process in both departments. Case studies, figures, tables, notes, appendixes, bibliography, index