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 and their attackers closely agree on one thing: Many cops are simply not ready to defend their lives
Criminal action, accidents and heart attacks continue to lead the list this year
An officer survives a near miss after a suspect escapes custody and is found with a firearm
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
The essay stresses the importance of strength and calm despite the difficulty the LE community is currently facing
In a career filled with tests, the deadly attack on Brown’s officers has been among the most difficult for him
Obama called for greater tolerance from officers toward the people they are sworn to protect, as well as from individuals who think the police are too heavy-handed and intolerant
The suspect in the deadly attack taunted police during negotiations, laughing at them, singing and at one point asking how many officers he had shot
Earlier this year, her live performance at Super Bowl 50 and her music video for the single ‘Formation’ were widely criticized for a perceived anti-police message
A photographer documenting the march against police violence in Dallas on Thursday is thanking the officer who protected him after gunfire erupted
At citywide prayer service in Dallas, many of those in attendance stood in line to offer their personal thanks to men and women in uniform
A look at is known about 25-year-old Micah Johnson
In what appears to be an unprecedented tactic, police rigged a bomb-disposal robot to kill an armed suspect in the fatal shootings of five officers in Dallas
The gunman was ultimately killed by a robot armed with an explosive, so no charges will ever be brought, but this was clearly a hate crime of the worst possible order
Micah Johnson, dead suspect in shooting attack on Dallas police, served in the Army Reserve and did one tour of duty in Afghanistan
The stories of the officers gunned down in a sniper attack emerged Friday as their identities became known
The president called the shooters motives “twisted” and vowed that “justice will be done.”
The killing of five police officers in Dallas during a protest is just the latest instance of police ambush killings in the U.S.
Paul Ryan says it’s been a “long month for America” and that the nation has seen terrible and senseless things.
Police Chief David Brown blamed “snipers,” but it was unclear how many shooters were involved.
Five Dallas officers were killed and six more officers were shot after gunfire erupted during a march against police violence Thursday evening
Eric Frein is charged with fatally shooting Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and wounding another trooper in September 2014
Informant said gang members intended to wait for cops to exit and walk toward their cars — a time when they would be vulnerable because they likely wouldn’t be wearing protective gear
