Ambush
The Ambush topic page features safety tips, columnist commentary and the latest news updates on the growing threat of targeted attacks against police officers.
An officer survives a near miss after a suspect escapes custody and is found with a firearm
In any given year, roughly half of all police-involved shootings take place from or around vehicles – find out the steps agencies can take to harden vehicles to protect officers from attack
An ambush of any kind is the most dangerous threat you will ever face on the street – even the strongest and most alert officers are at risk
Police Chief David Brown told the organizer of the demonstration that holding such events downtown poses a tactical threat to officers
The deputy’s father has asked the public for continued prayers during the long road to recovery
The father of Deputy Nicholas Tullier shared the story of an encounter his son had the night before he was shot
The officers haven’t been getting their full salaries while in recovery because the agency doesn’t yet have a policy in place to cover pay decreases that come with filing workers’ compensation claims
Since the shootings in Dallas and Baton Rouge, many PDs have doubled up on patrols and taken other protective measures
In one wave after another, Jason Witten, Tony Romo and Dez Bryant walked arm-in-arm onto the field with families of the Dallas officers killed by a gunman
The NYPD ordered about $7.5M worth of new vests and helmets
Union is asking officers to refuse to work overtime during the Labor Day weekend to protest the “disrespect” of police
Shooting deaths spiked 78 percent, including an alarming increase in ambush-style assaults
Police officers are becoming targets for violence and parts of the American public are losing their faith in law enforcement
The Dallas Police Department says job applications to the force have more than quadrupled
John McNesby, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5, said the union is insulted by the decision to exclude families of fallen officers
The shooter wrote about a “concealed war” between “good cops” and “bad cops,” and said he felt obligated to “bring the same destruction that bad cops continue to inflict upon my people”
A new video from the shootout was taken by a man who found himself trapped in his truck at a car wash when gunfire erupted
The department expressed concerns that the flag may put firefighters at risk for “extremists targeting the fire engine”
The gunman wasn’t interested in anyone without a badge
President Barack Obama says the nation will get through the recent killings of police officers with the “love and empathy of public servants”
The gunman’s “movements, his direction, his attention was on police officers”
Officers Montrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald, and Brad Garafola were killed in the shooting
Services were held for DART officer Brent Thompson, Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith and Dallas police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens
We are targeted in restaurants, in our cars, while on foot patrol, when responding to calls for service, and while protecting large scale events — here are some thoughts on each kind of attack
Our job is to assist the Dallas community and the nation in any way to help healing begin
We must reckon intellectually with the gap between police and the people they serve, but downplaying the emotional toll on LEOs is a great disservice to us all
Councilwoman Reinette Senum’s apology came too late for many
At a memorial for slain police officers, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that a week of deeply troubling violence has appeared to expose “the deepest fault lines of our democracy”
Three men from his unit were among the five officers killed in Thursday’s attack
Shetamia Taylor, who was hit as initial shots rang out, recounted how Dallas officers protected her from further injury
Chief Brown noted Monday that the investigation into Thursday’s ambush will involve more than 170 hours of body cam footage and “countless hours” of dashcam video
Around the country, people have showed up at local departments with flowers, sent social media messages or called to say thanks
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