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.
Our buildings and our officers inside have been the target of criminal assaults and civil disorder incidents for quite a long time
A roundup of the biggest stories impacting law enforcement in 2022
Identifying lessons learned with the life-saving goal of preventing future LEO deaths
“I would not like to see the school besmirched by hosting a brutal killer of police officers,” said Diane Piagentini, whose husband and a second officer were ambushed in 1971
“I am still baffled and amazed by the resiliency of the men and women of the Phoenix Police Department,” said Chief Jeri Williams
A pedestrian opened fire as the officers were trying to make a traffic stop, police said
Kailon Harris-Caldwell, 24, would have to pay the full amount to be released
One officer was shot in the leg and the other had a graze wound to the head after an offender in line opened fire
The video shows the gunman luring the officer toward the door of a home where a woman reportedly had been shot
Council member Ann O’Brien says a drone program can provide tactical help to resolve situations like the one last week that left five cops shot and four more wounded
Applying a “when/then/why” approach to the tactical challenges of an ambush situation with a baby in the crossfire
After the gunman shot the first officer, he tried unsuccessfully to drive out of the garage of the home where he later barricaded himself
A man ambushed a responding officer and then shot four more cops who were trying to rescue a baby, police said
Officer Shane Bartek, 25, was ambushed and shot twice during a carjacking
Holley, a 39-year-old mother of four, joined the police department two years ago to make a difference
The suspects killed a man just one hour after shooting Officer Keona Holley, police said
Friends of Officer Keona Holley said she joined the department two years ago to make a difference
The officer was shot multiple times while sitting in their patrol car, police said
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The 5-mile stretch of Interstate 5 honors Natalie Corona, a 22-year-old officer who was killed in an ambush in 2019
Officers in two separate incidents this week were in their cruisers when they found themselves suddenly under fire
Deputy Kareem Atkins, 30, leaves behind a wife and two-month-old baby
Over the past year, 93 officers have been shot in 75 ambush-style attacks, says the report
“It created the perfect storm for this to happen,” said State Police Col. Lamar Davis
Master Trooper Adam Gaubert, a 19-year veteran, was ambushed in his patrol vehicle
Investigators say it’s not immediately clear how the cruiser became engulfed by flames
Is a suspect more likely to go to the blind corner or somewhere else in a room in an attempt to ambush an officer?
The lawsuit alleges Polymer80 Inc. negligently and unlawfully sold the kit to the suspect, a man forbidden to possess guns
Deputy Brandon Shirley was sitting in his personal vehicle when a shooter walked up, police said
New details are emerging in the deadly attack at a Pentagon transit center
Officer Marquis Moorer shot early Tuesday at his apartment complex while on a lunch break
Londre Sylvester, a Chicago rapper, was walking to a waiting car when multiple suspects ambushed him and opened fire, police said
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