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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Two weeks after a deranged man plunged a jagged knife into his head, the brave officer left the hospital
A confrontation ended when an officer shot and killed a man who charged at police with a machete
Officer Eder Loor, 28, emerged from surgery late afternoon Tuesday
Shots were fired before the officer was wounded
Thai police have rarely if ever used TASERs
Officers received a report of someone ‘about to do something crazy’
The 24-year-old Sgt. was expecting a son to be born in August
Columbus police say three of the victims are in critical condition
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officers were searching for a parole violator
Two officers responded to a 911 call that a man was smashing the restaurant’s windows with a large pipe bender
The Mayor’s Office has confirmed the death of a Mobile police officer Friday
A teen with Asperger’s syndrome appeared and “made slashing strikes” while holding a knife, according to police
A man wielding a meat cleaver reportedly threatened employees, lunged toward the sergeant
Warrant: ‘Ate the eyeball, which tasted like an oyster’
The shooting occurred around 5:25 a.m. Wednesday
The strategies outlined below are simple but many require a change to the way we think and train as a law enforcement culture
Fitchburg officers were justified in their use of force when they shot a man armed with a machete
Authorities say a man first attacked his grandfather, then three neighbors
Two officers drew their service weapons and ordered the woman to drop a knife
Police found the man at the intersection and told him several times to drop the knife
The suspected slasher was arrested after a violent struggle
Responding officers fatally shot a suspect who used an edged weapon on a cop
NM State Police officer Steven Carroll testified Monday that he pleaded with an attacker
The suspect cut Pc Paul Madden’s throat as people watched in horror
Man attacked a taco truck patron and was Tasered to no effect before being shot
Sgt. Joe Szczerba was fatally stabbed while struggling with a suspect
Michael Gonzalez is charged with three counts of attempted murder