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.
A public policy and safety model that openly displays an aversion to the use of force in self-defense may embolden, encourage terrorists
Almost every LEO carries a knife, but very few agencies have an edged weapons policy commensurate with those they have for firearms, impact weapons, chemical weapons, and conductive energy weapons
Using cover can save your life, so you owe it to yourself to be well-trained in its use
The mother told Joshua Webb’s father that she believed their son was depressed, but the father said he never saw any indications of that when he spoke with his son
The officer was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries
Four women started first aid on the victim until paramedics arrived
Authorities later found a woman’s body at a home
Officer Kenneth Cha fatally shot Nicholas Flusche, who was still pursuing his wounded victim and had the victim’s blood all over his face
When Diego Valesco was being escorted out of the house by the officer, he lashed out, stabbing the off-duty cop in the arm and slashing another man
Both gun rights and gun control activists insist the attack bolstered their argument that guns do or don’t belong on campus
Kendrex J. White, who authorities have said suffered from mental health troubles, was charged with murder in Monday’s campus attack
Police Chief David Carter said Kendrex J. White had been involuntarily committed for treatment in another city
The suspect is in custody
Gregg Muravchick, who was holding his handgun while restraining the attacker, didn’t have a free hand to reach his handcuffs, so President Seamus Carey got them for him
Police say the man was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
A police official said a man carrying a knife walked into the station and was flagged to police
The university is beefing up its emergency alert system and streamlining the way officials communicate after the attack exposed flaws in the text-message procedure
When police approached the suspect, he threw coffee at them
Investigators were looking into whether the explosion was a terror attack or if there might have been some other cause
Police were responding to reports of teens under the influence of marijuana and possibly LSD at an apartment
A man shot his girlfriend in the head then killed himself during a gunfight with police Tuesday night
Christopher Lanzillo was threatening family members at a home with a knife
The girl stiffened and fell backwards from a cafeteria-style table after the officer shot her with the device
The footage offers a window into how officers make a difficult decision to use lethal force
Prime Minister Theresa May said Keith Palmer was “a husband, a father ... he was every inch a hero”
Gary Lee Castle “moved aggressively” toward Sgt. Travis Curran “with a large metal pipe in his hand”
Extra armed police will be patrolling the streets in the coming days to reassure the public
Police said Manuel Gonzalez advanced toward an officer with the knife in hand
A man shot and killed after a traffic stop had barricaded himself inside a car with a gas can and lighter before he exited the vehicle armed with a knife
Despite the officers’ commands to disarm, David English continued walking toward them
Officer Dustin Cook impaled both feet on a sheet of plywood with over 100 upward-facing screws
The officer and the bystander are expected to survive their injuries
Robert Carothers led police on a pursuit after threatening deputies and himself with a knife
