Edged Weapons
The Edged Weapons topic covers news, tips, tactics and equipment officers need to defend against blade attacks. Whether it’s a butcher knife or a pocket knife, police officers face the threat of an edged weapon attack more often than a firearm.
A shoplifter armed with a small pocketknife proves more of a threat than officers initially anticipate
Edged-weapon assaults are unpredictable, dynamic and deadly dangerous
Officer fitness, defensive tactics training and communication prevented tragedy during the takedown of an armed suspect
A burglary call in Seattle ended with the suspect and a K-9 dead
Two officers were making their way upstairs when a knife-wielding man appeared
Fort Smith police had received a 911 call about a man assaulting a person who was on the ground
The man refused multiple commands to drop the knife
The officers, who were stabbed in the face and head, called in the department’s special response team and a crisis negotiator
The shooting was the second in two days by Detroit police officers after they’d reportedly been attacked
Bodycam video shows the suspect lunging at officers
It wasn’t immediately clear who fired the fatal shot
Denver officials say the officer is in stable condition
The man was “acting erratically” and refused to drop the knife, officials said
An officer was sitting in his patrol car when he was approached by a man with a knife
The officer was hospitalized with minor injuries, but the condition of the K-9 is unclear, officials said
The deadly incident unfolded Thursday morning outside the Basilica of Notre-Dame in Nice
Crowds turned violent overnight after police shot and killed a knife-wielding man Monday
The officer ran after the suspect and successfully deployed a TASER to stop him
Officers initially deployed a TASER but it didn’t stop the suspect
The man ignored officers’ repeated commands to drop the broken glass
Chief Franco Fuda attempted to arrest the man but then saw him holding a “sharp pointy object,” according to authorities
The barricaded suspect had been taken into custody and sent to a hospital for treatment only to be released the next day, police said
The deputy quickly clears a gun malfunction and fires several rounds at the knife-wielding suspect when he fails to comply
Several civilians were stabbed by the suspect in an incident that sent hundreds of people running for their lives
The attacker, who was a civilian police official, killed four officers in the building
The police department says the wounded man was taken to a hospital
The man was initially demanding money and had a hunting-style knife with a roughly three-inch blade
Two recent cases underscore that the 21-foot principle is just a starting point for the evaluation of police use-of-force decisions when facing edged weapons
Suspect attacked the officer after rear-ending his SUV. The subsequent OIS sparked protests
Five people were hospitalized with multiple stab wounds, including the man’s supervisor
Police were called to an industrial area in the city for a stabbing Wednesday morning