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.
Officers who don’t wear body armor regularly are three to four times more likely to suffer a fatal injury from a torso shot than officers who routinely wear body armor
The Kukri, or Khukuri, was made famous by Nepalese soldiers (Gurkhas) who used the weapon in many battles ranging from the Gurkha War through WWII
A folding knife, a fixed blade, and a multi-tool made the list for most impressive edged weapons at SHOT Show 2015
Robert Carothers led police on a pursuit after threatening deputies and himself with a knife
An official said the attacker launched himself at the soldiers when they told him that he couldn’t bring his bags into the Carrousel du Louvre shopping mall
An 80-year-old man is accused of punching a police officer who stopped him from approaching kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart with a knife
Two of the suspect’s three victims are in critical condition
A state civil rights and wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against Fontana and its police department
Officials say the man was threatening violence against officers
Police say the suspect pointed a box cutter at the deputy prior to the shooting; the attorney says the suspect didn’t have the weapon in his hand
The officer was stabbed multiple times, but is recovering from her injuries
The armed student failed to comply with the officer’s verbal commands to drop the knife
Abdul Razak Ali Artan was not known to FBI counterterrorism authorities before Monday’s attack
Officer Alan Horujko is one of the officers taking the active shooter into custody
Lawmakers are considering a bill to allow schools to decide for themselves whether to allow concealed carry
Gov. John Kasich praised the speed with which Officer Alan Horujko and other cops acted
Police Chief Craig Stone said the suspect deliberately drove his car over a curb and then began knifing people
All of the victims were stabbed at least once and were being treated for their injuries at local hospitals
Prosecutors initially argued Gray’s arrest was unjustified because the knife wasn’t a switchblade, and was legal under state law
We outline key tactics to keep yourself and others safe
One graphic video shows a bloody Dahir Ahmed Adan crawling and trying to get up after he was shot six times by an off-duty officer
The Islamic State-run news agency claimed the attacker was a “soldier of the Islamic State”
The nearly five-hour standoff that ended in the fatal shooting of James Boyd sparked protests
A man in a private security uniform stabbed nine people, reportedly mentioning Allah and asking at least one victim if they were Muslim before an off-duty cop shot and killed him
According to the police chief, the officers all said the suspect claimed, “One of us is going to die tonight”
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