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.
When taking custody of a prisoner from another officer or facility, immediately conduct a thorough search of the prisoner
Never let the fact that you are with other officers lull you into a false sense of security
A shoplifter armed with a small pocketknife proves more of a threat than officers initially anticipate
Police said Miguel Richards was asked 44 times to drop the knife and six times to drop a gun he held in his right hand
The officer was stuck with the needle while searching a woman’s purse
As the owner was cleaning up after the burglary less than three hours later, a knife-wielding man walked in and demanded money
Miguel Richards didn’t comply with repeated requests to drop the knife and pulled out what later turned out to be toy gun with a laser sight and pointed it at police
Officer Alec Bowes said he saw Markarios Kirkwood reach for a knife before the man began fighting him
The unidentified suspect entered a restricted area on the tarmac “where the airplanes actually come in”
Kisu Brown was arrested and charged with attempted murder
Police said Edward J. Holmes III slashed 52 tires on multiple police and fire vehicles
Police said a second suspect, a 30-year-old man, was detained Sunday on suspicion of involvement in terrorism
The three police officers were slightly injured while attempting to arrest the 26-year-old suspect
Three people sustained minor injuries
Police said they detained the two men on suspicion “of preparation of an offense to be committed with terrorist intent”
Three alleged accomplices also were ordered to be held on suspicion they helped plan the attack
The suspect — an 18-year-old Moroccan asylum-seeker — was shot and wounded in the thigh by police during his rampage Friday
The suspect faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and attempted escape from lawful detention
The man took out a screwdriver and wounded two women after he was hit by several men
The officer was treated for his wounds and released
The suspect was being taken to the main Istanbul police station escorted by two police officers when he fatally stabbed an officer
The prosecutor’s office ruled the shooting justified in April
Robert Heredia threw at least two large knives at a younger man, who has not been identified
K-9 Cain ran into the woods to detain the suspect, but when he emerged he had multiple stab wounds to his chest
The officer-involved shooting left a knife-wielding school teacher dead and an LEO wounded by a police bullet
Corey Berry told officers that he was copying previous clown sightings as a prank
One of the police officers was treated after he received a small cut to one finger
The suspect got away and later tried to tell police he was himself a victim of a robbery
Police warned “the suspect is dangerous” but added “this case is not a terrorist act”
The officer was hit in the head and sustained a large gash and a fractured skull
In response, “a police force charged at the terrorists, killed two and wounded the third”
Video shows Caleb Blaylock grab the patrol car door frame with one hand while holding the knife in the other
A cop stabbed while breaking up a fight is recovering after police say he was injured Sunday by an 11-year-old boy
