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.
Officers have no idea what they will find when they respond to a call from a man asking that an officer be sent to shoot and kill him
The stealth approach can turn you into one who surprises rather than one who is surprised
Complacency combined with assumptions can prove dangerous for officers
Donations from lemonade stands, change jars at local businesses, a country star-studded concert and other fundraising efforts have totaled nearly $10 million
Sgt. Demetrick Pennie, president of the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation and a 17-year law enforcement veteran, filed the amended complaint in federal court Friday
As a result of Friday night’s shooting, Police Commissioner Richard Ross ordered that all officers resume patrolling in pairs
Trooper Alex Douglass plans to sue suspect Eric Frein and his family after he and another officer were shot exiting barracks in 2014
After 33 years with the DPD, Chief Brown will retire in October
Officer Jesse Hartnett was critically wounded by a Glock reported stolen by a veteran colleague three years earlier
Police culture has a history of resisting change and sadly, officers have died as a result of falling into a pattern of behavior facilitated by department culture
Using your threat detector on a regular basis takes practice; using it appropriately takes training. Here are some tips
We need to take our equipment and training to the next level in order to be a step above everyone else when it comes to our rifle skills
Tackling both the concerns of the public and police officials, the article is an in-depth look at major issues facing today’s officers
The Suffolk County Police Department in New York has named a 1-year-old police dog ‘Dallas V’
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”
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