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.
Approach planning as if you were the criminal element
Gun handling lessons from the July ambush of Fargo police officers
This incident shows good tactics to end an ambush and offers a display of great courage. This is how it is done
Police were called to a neighborhood for a report of shots fired; they later encountered a man who pulled out a shotgun after being asked to remove his hand from his pocket
Good Samaritan
The woman moved her car in the path of incoming gunfire to shield the already wounded cops; she then assisted one cop by pressing a towel to his wound to stop the bleeding
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Both officers were shot at close range, with the suspect opening fire after the LEOs began questioning him about his involvement in another shooting
The gunman, who is still at large, reportedly fired the shots using a long gun from the roof of a building in Newark
The suspect, who had visited the station hours prior, said he wanted to talk about “a person who was a danger”
“Anything any of us could have needed, if we asked him for help on something, Alex Hamzy was always there to offer a hand.”
“Dustin DeMonte was one of those officers who was not just doing a job. He was working for the community.”
The footage is part of a preliminary report by the state’s Office of the Inspector General
Bristol police said Officer Alec Iurato was hit by gunfire and returned fire, killing the shooter
The number of ambushes in which police were injured or killed in surprise attacks with little chance to defend themselves has soared since 2020
The officers were responding to a 911 call about an apparent dispute between two brothers that appears to have been a deliberate act to lure LE to the scene
She told the dispatcher her husband knew she would call police for his intoxication, so gathered ammunition to meet police with gunfire at front door
Washington State Patrol Trooper Dean Atkinson was rammed by a vehicle and then shot
The device captured footage during the standoff when Devin Weiland shot at the drone and at an armored vehicle brought into the area to deploy tear gas
Deputies Jonathan Randall Koleski and Marshall Samual Ervin Jr. will be honored at separate services
“The officers displayed extreme calm under the most difficult circumstances.”
LODD
“In plain terms, it’s very simple. My two deputies were ambushed this evening and killed,” Sheriff Craig Owens said
“Families come in all forms and children of fallen responders will now receive equal benefits regardless of their parents’ marital status,” Sheriff Jim Hart said
A second officer in the car fired back, wounding the gunman
The gunman’s parents sued after authorities seized 25 rifles, 10 pistols and two shotguns from their home in 2014
Steven Carrillo shot and killed Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller during a firefight with law enforcement
Officer Muhammed Chowdhury was attacked by a gang linked to 19 carjackings and robberies
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Autonomous devices have the potential to be a gamechanger for law enforcement safety and reconnaissance
Ambush attacks on police officers do not discriminate in gender, assignment or age, and they affect all category of assignment
Using lessons learned from near misses to prevent injuries and fatalities from felonious assaults, missed firearms, ambushes and unprovoked attacks
“What was his intent? To kill as many Richland County deputies as he could,” Sheriff Leon Lott said
One of the three deputies who responded to the call was wounded in the shooting
Of the LEOs shot and wounded in the line of duty, 39 were killed – a statistic “outpacing last year’s historic numbers”
