Close-Quarters Combat
The Close Quarters Combat topic covers defensive tactics and techniques for hands-on confrontations with suspects. News about the close-in battles between police officers and dangerous suspects, as well as tips, columns, and expert opinion on preparation for the assault, as well as for the inevitable legal battles that follow, are presented here.
“Officers should have an hour of hands-on training a week.”
SWAT
Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Department Corporal Peter Hart describes what makes RCSD’s Special Response Team unique
This technique is so named because of the ease at which you can place a person under arrest in a position to be handcuffed and controlled
The man grappled with troopers and fractured one of their hands during the struggle
The video of the ambush shows officers being fired on from behind a bathroom door, then grappling with the suspect
Officials say an investigation is ongoing and did not release the officer’s condition
The suspect, who was fatally wounded at the scene, stabbed the officer in the neck and shoulder after throwing a bottle at the officer’s patrol car
The man struck one trooper in the face when the trooper attempted to restrain him
The suspect ran down from his apartment while shooting at police, then continued firing during a vehicle pursuit
Video posted on social media shows a man striking one officer in the face and swinging at another while being asked to leave a basketball court
State and local authorities are searching for three men that were in the vehicle with a man who shot and wound an officer during a vehicle pursuit
The officer was pursuing someone driving erratically when the suspect turned, shot at the officer, then stole a car to flee
Officials say the 25-year-old made 13 threats against the arresting officer after he was taken into custody for shoving the ranger
The suspect fired a rifle at deputies during a vehicle pursuit, then fled into the woods, where he attempted to hide
Deputies fatally shot the man after he pointed and fired a Kel-Tec KSG gun at them following a vehicle pursuit
The man stood on his balcony and inside his apartment complex threatening police with a replica gun
The suspect opened fire on officers during a foot pursuit early Thursday morning
State and local police pursued a man who had taken a child from his home and fired repeatedly on law enforcement vehicles with an AR-15-style gun
The suspect turned his car around and struck the trooper, who attempted to get out out of the way
The officer was wounded and two patrol cars damaged by suspects shooting at officers, throwing bricks and bottles
The man told responding officers that he was a ninja and was going to kill them, officials said
The group shot at State Police Detective Richard Hershey as he was investigating an alleged home invasion
The suspect attacked the officer with a knife following a foot pursuit Saturday night
Footage shows a man repeatedly ignoring the officer’s orders to stop advancing and threatening him with a knife
Video shows the man advancing on Cpl. Chad Jensen with a 26-inch sword, ignoring Jensen’s repeated commands to stop
Officers grappled with some two dozen people involved in the fight, one of who attempted to grab an officer’s weapon
The officer had pulled over to help who he thought was a stranded motorist
People at a party against state stay-at-home orders actively resisted police when they came to disperse the gathering
The trooper followed the vehicle’s driver after witnessing an accident and was attacked while waiting for an on-duty officer
Officer Mike Mosher, a 14-year veteran, was remembered for his passion and initiative
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The ranger was asking park goers to stay the requisite six feet from each other when a bystander shoved him into the water and then took off running
The 23-year-old woman charged responding officers with a knife before she was taken into custody
The suspect who refused to leave the premises, then fired at the officer from his vehicle, was fatally shot
