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.
Kajieme Powell tried to attack two officers with a steak knife and approached police while shouting, “Shoot me! Kill me now!”
A large crowd gathered at the scene, not far from Ferguson, which has seen days of protests after a fatal police shooting
Police say the fight started when an intoxicated man named Ivan DeLeon bumped into a child while exiting the train
The first responding officer was met by the suspect holding two knives in the front yard of a house
Violent incident left the baby’s mother critically wounded and the suspected assailant shot dead
Police approached a suspicious man on a bicycle early in the morning when the incident occurred
Officers got calls Wednesday about a man walking in and out of traffic carrying the sword and occasionally swiping at cars
Gunman shot Officer Melvin Santiago in the head shortly after he and his partner arrived at a 24-hour Walgreens
Austin police officer thought he was protecting the public, but was punished for his actions
A man arrested after he was caught inside a Ford F-150 pickup that didn’t belong to him offered an explanation for his actions
Man critically injured Tuesday beat his grandmother with his fists and feet and threatened her life just two hours before he was shot
8-year-old Belgian Malinois named MP underwent emergency surgery for three stab wounds and is expected to survive the Saturday incident
Police chief shot a suspect armed with a knife in a confrontation Tuesday
Dash cam video has been released of an October 2013 incident between an officer and paraplegic man
Salem Police said security stopped the family when some of them tried to get into the park with buck knives on their belts
Department of Justice says seven Colombians have been extradited to the United States to face charges related to the 2013 stabbing death of a U.S. drug agent
After being cited by police, driver tried to pull away, but his car got stuck in a ditch
Surveillance video captured a tense standoff between a knife-wielding man and officers in a jail
Officer was called on near a convenience store Thursday and told of a man trespassing
The victim was stabbed in the vicinity after getting into an argument with a group of men
Police in Camden used a TASER for the first time to take down a mentally ill woman threatening officers with a foot-long knife
Officers were investigating a disturbance call when the man charged at them and was shot several times
Suspect was found not guilty by a judge June 11
Five members of a Vt. family fought officersafter security told them to leave their knives in the car