Edged Weapons
The Edged Weapons topic covers news, tips, tactics and equipment officers need to defend against blade attacks. Whether it’s a butcher knife or a pocket knife, police officers face the threat of an edged weapon attack more often than a firearm.
Putting the incorrect angle on a blade is the equivalent to dulling it
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Upon viewing the video of the incident in which Daytona Beach police officers were forced to shoot Jermaine Green while he held a woman hostage at knifepoint, 5 training challenges came to mind
The officer has serious but non life-threatening injuries and underwent surgery at a local hospital
The robbery suspect charged the officer with a knife as the policeman was getting out of his cruiser
Video captured the officer’s violent struggle with a man who was trying to set fire to a gas station
A teenager went on a knife rampage through London’s Russell Square, fatally stabbing an American woman and wounding five other people
The “sharp, black Batman-style throwing star” stuck to the front end of the police SUV
17-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker who went on a rampage on a train appears to have acted alone, goaded on by online Islamic extremist propaganda
A Pennsylvania man says his son defended himself with a machete during a home invasion and used it to cut off one suspect’s hand
Fights erupted when about 30 members of the Traditionalist Worker Party gathering to rally around noon Sunday were met by about 400 counter-protesters
The 22-year-old would-be robber pulled a knife on the wrong customer
The suspect had a history of mental illness and multiple run-ins with the law
The man advanced on a female officer, who repeatedly ordered him to drop two knives
Assailant stabbed two people at a home and then crashed a car through a mall and stabbed two other people
911 call reported suspect was armed with a knife. The object he was carrying turned out to be a blue metallic pen
Person who made the 911 call said a suspect was armed with a bomb and had passed a note to the teller
Using cover can save your life, so you owe it to yourself to be well-trained in its use
Officer fired several shots Saturday and hit the suspect and possibly a female bystander
Officers who don’t wear body armor regularly are three to four times more likely to suffer a fatal injury from a torso shot than officers who routinely wear body armor
An Indiana woman says her training in medieval combat helped her corner a home intruder
The Kukri, or Khukuri, was made famous by Nepalese soldiers (Gurkhas) who used the weapon in many battles ranging from the Gurkha War through WWII
Authorities say they fired several bean bag rounds at her after she tried to stab the deputy
James Goss stabbed the officer several times in the face and upper body early Saturday morning
Both were taken to Portland hospitals with injuries not considered life-threatening
An officer who was slashed by a knife-wielding man is in stable condition