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Standoff Situations

The Standoff Situations topic page offers a variety of tactical tips and strategic concepts to make sure the innocents are spared, the subject is secured, and the officers go home safely. When a suspect is barricaded in place, many things must happen for a successful resolution, such as setting up outer and inner perimeters, and making contact with the subject.

New technology could provide vital information during breaching operations, trafficking searches, or hostage situations
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In a surprise move, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently voted to allow San Francisco PD to deploy robots equipped to deliver lethal force
From breaching tools to ballistic shields, the array of options is vast and varied; these tools not only enable officers to gain entry more effectively but also offer enhanced protection
“Today’s sentencing of 291 years serves as a ... testament to the unwavering commitment of the justice system to hold perpetrators of such atrocities accountable,” Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams stated
“We need more armor. Do we have a fire truck? We need a firetruck or something parked out in front of this house, we’re all pinned down,” an officer radios
Sheridan Police Sgt. Nevada Krinkee died at a hospital after being shot when he tried to serve the man with a trespass warning
A female hostage was also shot; the suspect surrendered and was arrested by Ontario Police Department officers after an hours-long standoff
“We are thankful that our deputies were not seriously injured but are concerned with the recent violence directed towards our deputies,” the department stated
"[The suspect’s] objectives were to get into a shootout with law enforcement, kill law enforcement and be killed by law enforcement,” Chief Scott Vermillion said
Officers pursued the suspect until he crashed the stolen vehicle he was driving; then he opened fire at them
Lessons learned from the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting helped authorities to work “seamlessly” in reacting to the UNLV attack, LVMPD Sheriff Kevin McMahill said
Goodland Police Chief Frank Hayes Jr. suffered the heart attack after successfully negotiating a two-hour police standoff
Sacramento PD deployed a drone to gain a better visual of the suspect who was standing in a corner; video shows him pointing a gun at the officers
Harris County Deputy Joseph Anderson was critically wounded after being shot during a traffic stop, leading to the search for Terran Green
Stamford police, EMS, behavioral health members and firefighters worked together to end a 6-hour standoff
The career criminal with 58 felony convictions threatened law enforcement and bail bondsmen in a tense standoff that ended in gunfire
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The sheriff’s office said the suspect was in active violation of his probation for a DUI and a warrant had been issued for his arrest
Inmates who were in single and double cells were moved to a communal setting and about 20 “ringleaders” decided to “stir the pot” in protest
Officers talked with the man with help from negotiators; after a nearly six-and-a-half-hour standoff, he agreed to surrender
Video from several officers shows the standoff and shooting involving an escaped parolee
CHP officer is listed in stable condition after a shooting that killed one hostage and wounded another at a park
Negotiators successfully ended a standoff with an armed woman in a car
TikTok video shows the driver calmly walking past patrol vehicles and up a driveway
A gunman, who left no indication on why he opened fire, fatally shot himself while he was barricaded in his girlfriend’s home
The suspect, whose body was later found inside a building by an LAPD robot, had a history of convictions including battery on an officer