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.
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Officers are now armed as part of a China-wide boost in police firepower following a deadly mass knifing
The grocery store manager believed he had handled the situation well when a man armed with a knife approached
Matthew Douglas de Grood, a recent graduate of the University of Calgary, picked up a large knife shortly after arriving at the party and stabbed the victims one by one
One victim was stabbed in the chest, the blade plunging nearly to his spine and missing his heart by fractions of an inch
John Winkler, 30, an aspiring television producer, died at a hospital
Alex Hribal is charged as an adult with four counts of attempted homicide, 21 counts of aggravated assault and a weapons charge
A 16-year-old armed with two knives went on a stabbing spree at a high school, leaving as many as 20 people injured, including a school officer who eventually subdued the boy
An off-duty Dallas officer intervened in a stabbing this morning and shot the suspect dead a block from police headquarters
An Oklahoma officer was stabbed by a woman with a pair of scissors as he conducted a traffic stop Tuesday night
Police say razor blades were found duct-taped to playground equipment at a park outside Philadelphia
San Antonio police responded to an altercation around 3 a.m. Sunday morning
Police say suspect had threatened to kill officers and held onto knives as an unarmed K-9 officer approached him
Suspect had a criminal history in Albuquerque that goes back as far as 2001, including several arrests on charges of violence against officers
The 19-year veteran of the force was stabbed four times outside the Venture Inn
The man gestured and yelled: “I’m going to hunt you down and kill you. That’s my personal promise.”
A man shot to death this week by Baltimore County police had approached officers with a knife before
Police learned that the holed-up man may have had access to a rifle and ammunition that was hidden in the house
The death of the suspect was the first homicide on a train in the Regional Transit system’s history
The suspect charged at police and had no reaction to the officers’ TASER
A formal tribe leader opened fire at an eviction hearing, then went after victims with a knife
Judge considers fallen K-9 full officer, sets $1M bond for suspect
K-9 was stabbed in the back and two officers were injured while trying to apprehend a man wanted for a home invasion
Ian Michael Saum was shot after he moved toward police wielding a long carving knife; his condition is unknown
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