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.
The thickest part of the blade is about 3/16" which is thicker than most knives of this size class to add durability
The shooting will be further reviewed in January, but the officer has already turned in his gun and badge
Police identified suspect as Jeremy Bustos, 43, and said he was rushed to a hospital along with an Avondale police officer who was injured in the collision
Brazen attack against officers was a terrorist act by a Muslim convert who ranted online against America but had no clear ties to international extremists
A man wielding a hatchet charged four rookie NYPD officers and critically wounded one of them before being shot to death Thursday afternoon
Police shot machete-wielding man after chasing him in a stolen truck he rammed into a police patrol car, seriously injuring an officer
Police said he stabbed a man and a woman with a box cutter on the bus, and also cut himself
Man slashed two passengers in a box-cutter rampage aboard a tour bus on Interstate 95 before he was fatally shot
Another person suffered non-life threatening injuries when a bullet from the officer’s gun ricocheted off the pavement
A homeless man was arrested Tuesday in what police say was the unprovoked stabbing of two park rangers on Boston Common
June 8 shooting of a teenager who displayed what turned out to be a cap gun was determined to be justified Wednesday
Hribal, who turned 17 last week, has been in the detention center since he stabbed 20 students and a security guard at Franklin Regional High School
The son lunged at the officers with a knife in hand, and an officer shot him once in the torso
An unarmed man who intervened in a confrontation between police and a knife-wielding assailant died of a gunshot to the back
Facing blistering criticism from Congress, director acknowledged the agency fell short in executing its plan to protect the White House
15-year veteran officer was stabbed with a 10-12 inch steak knife during a struggle on a sidewalk
Man who had been fired from food processing plant beheaded a woman with a knife and was attacking another worker when he was shot
Officers had asked the 18-year-old man to come to a police station on Tuesday night to answer questions
Investigators found more than 800 rounds of ammo, a machete and two hatchets in the car of the former soldier accused of scaling the White House fence
The lawyer for the man’s family says he believes police shot him not because he was carrying a sword but because of his race
The Saratoga Springs Police Department is under fire over the fatal shooting of the man last Wednesday
Murder suspect seeking ‘suicide by cop’ led officers on a foot pursuit that ended in a standoff in the waters of Lake Erie
The unidentified man stripped naked and shoved a man to the ground after stumbling onto a playground
Man stabbed an officer in the back with a 14-inch long butcher knife before another cop shot the suspect
It looks part fantasy, part utility, and reflects real world engineering
Kye, a 3-year-old German Shepherd who was involved in the pursuit, suffered multiple stab wounds Sunday and underwent emergency surgery
A suspect is dead and a police K-9 has been hospitalized after a pursuit and officer-involved shooting
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