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.
2017 in Review
A reasonable and intelligent strategy for defeating terror attacks cannot focus on the tool used by the attacker, but must focus on the attacker himself
A public policy and safety model that openly displays an aversion to the use of force in self-defense may embolden, encourage terrorists
Almost every LEO carries a knife, but very few agencies have an edged weapons policy commensurate with those they have for firearms, impact weapons, chemical weapons, and conductive energy weapons
The man threatened to stab bus drivers, light them on fire prior to stabbing the K-9 multiple times
The man ignored multiple commands and began walking toward the officer, knife in hand
The rampage killed four people and wounded two others
A man “full of anger” stabbed, slashed and robbed his way across two Southern California cities in a bloody rampage
“The government is f---ing with me. I want you to shoot me,” he blurted out
Officer Juan Avila fired six to seven shots at the suspect, who was walking toward him and other officers with an ax
Bodycam video shows how hard police in Georgia tried to deescalate an encounter with a knife-wielding man
When taking custody of a prisoner from another officer or facility, immediately conduct a thorough search of the prisoner
The man stabbed the officer in the neck with a screwdriver as the two were discussing a citation
Never let the fact that you are with other officers lull you into a false sense of security
The officer was stabbed in the face, neck and leg
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
The officer was stabbed in the neck just steps from police headquarters
Officer fitness, defensive tactics training and communication prevented tragedy during the takedown of an armed suspect
The woman pulled out a 10-inch kitchen knife and lunged at officers
“I’'m innocent,” Frederick Then, 20, told reporters as police led him away Sunday night
So far, 13 suspected gang members have been charged
Police said the suspect deflected multiple beanbag rounds from police before grabbing a hostage and raising a knife to her neck
Officer Jill Kidik was critically injured after being stabbed in the neck while responding to a tenant-landlord dispute in May
Authorities said the man produced a “large carving knife” and attempted to stab an officer three times
A 4-inch double-sided knife was removed from the suspect’s waist area, police said
Chief Bill Bones said he was heartened by how his department managed the chaotic crime scene
Police responded to a hit-and-run crash when a man, who wasn’t involved in the accident, approached officers with a knife
The young girl died two days after a man invaded her birthday party and stabbed nine people, authorities said
Police said six children were among the nine stabbed at the Boise apartment complex
The K-9 was reportedly stabbed to death by a suspect who was later shot and killed by an officer
No arrests have been made