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.
Using lessons learned from near misses to prevent injuries and fatalities from felonious assaults, missed firearms, ambushes and unprovoked attacks
Read about pair of unconventional rookies, a gut-wrenching loss and more from this week’s news
Applying a “when/then/why” approach to the tactical challenges of an ambush situation with a baby in the crossfire
Video shows the suspect firing at a state trooper, who was sitting in an unmarked vehicle
The officer suffered minor burns, police said
A Portland resident was arrested and charged with a slew of felonies
The deputies, a 31-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, were shot in the face and head while sitting in their patrol SUV
The man was arrested Sept. 15 in connection with a separate carjacking, officials said
The deputies were searching the area for the suspect, a white supremacist gang member, when they were ambushed and returned fire
Diane Piagentini blamed the decision on a shift toward a more lenient approach to parole in New York
The female deputy, who was in the hospital a few more days than her partner, has been discharged, officials said
Both wounded deputies were appreciative of the president’s call, the agency said
Agencies across Utah and Nevada contributed to thin blue line flags that will be delivered to the wounded deputies
The trooper was sitting in an unmarked vehicle while wearing a vest that read “police,” officials said
No arrests have been announced as of Thursday evening in the ambush that wounded 2 Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies
“He has a long road ahead for recovery,” Sheriff Alex Villanueva said on Twitter. “We, as a community, are in this together”
Police leadership must elevate the importance of being prepared for a threat of this type
Despite her own wounds, the deputy applied a tourniquet to her partner and radioed for help after they were shot in an ambush
The Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are expected to survive, officials said, after they were shot in ambush Saturday
The video shows a gunman walking up to a patrol car and firing several times into the front seat area before fleeing
Sergeant Ricardo Perez-Ortiz was on his way to work when he was ambushed by armed suspects
“Within seconds of arriving, they were under fire,” said interim Police Chief Hector Velez
South Carolina deputies returned fire in an ‘ambush situation,’ the sheriff said, killing a man and injuring a woman
Responding officers demonstrated excellent use of the WIN principle throughout the call
A 27-year-old man is accused of trying to murder the undercover deputy
All cops should embrace the concept of ‘random irregularity’ while on patrol
“We have lost two brave public servants who sought only to keep peace in our City,” said McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez
In June, Steven Carrillo, who has ties to the boogaloo movement, killed a federal security officer outside a courthouse, and later fatally ambushed a sheriff’s deputy
The deputy was assaulted while asking a man to leave the premises of a local business
An officer’s decision not to wear his body armor while working at a local fair nearly proved deadly
Officer Shay Mikalonis, 29, is paralyzed from the neck down, on a ventilator and unable to speak
Several cops were wounded Thursday in separate shootouts with the man suspected of ambushing a deputy a day earlier
The LEO was shot early Wednesday in an “ambush” attack by a gunman intent on harming or killing police
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