Officer-Involved Shootings
Police1’s officer-involved shootings resource page provides law enforcement professionals with timely news, expert analysis, and practical training insights related to deadly force incidents. Explore breaking updates on officer shootings nationwide, legal developments, use-of-force policies, and tactical lessons learned. Our coverage includes commentary from law enforcement leaders, attorneys, and trainers to help officers and agencies prepare for, respond to, and recover from critical incidents. Whether you are a patrol officer, supervisor, or command staff, Police1 delivers trusted resources to support informed decision-making, enhance officer safety, and improve community trust in law enforcement.
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Bonner County Commissioner Dan McDonald said both LEOs were “doing well”
Deputy Jacob Pickett had been on life support for donation of his organs
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Officers can be heard giving the suspect a series of commands before shooting him
“It looked like he was hunting us,” police Sgt. Brian Lee Alcorn stated in the affidavits
Authorities said Deputy Jacob Pickett was on life support for donation of his organs
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Mujahid Ramzziddin was killed while intervening in a domestic dispute
Recently released video shows Kentucky police fatally shooting a man who used a pole with a knife attached to it to break and smash car windows
A Plano officer has been cleared for killing the man responsible for the city’s worst mass shooting in decades
Police said the suspect shot at the officers two times before the LEOs fired back. No one was injured
Police Chief Lee White said the officer was undergoing surgery but earlier had been talking to first responders
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said videos showing officers in New Jersey using deadly force should usually be released within 20 days
The LEO who was struck was protected by his bullet-resistant vest, said Marshal spokesman Patrick James
A multi-site study shows that officers rarely use force when apprehending suspects and seldom inflict significant injuries to them when they do
The firefighter was passing by when he saw an officer struggling with a mental health patient who grabbed his gun and fired
The officers were attempting to serve warrants for the suspect’s arrest and a search of the property when the suspect fled in his truck
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Police said the suspect was “acting irrationally” and was waving his gun around in a 7-Eleven parking lot before pointing it at officers
The officers are heard telling the suspect 22 times to drop the knife he was brandishing before shooting him
Records say Glenn Tyndell had been court-ordered to surrender his guns at least three times in the last five years
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BART released the clip after several media outlets broadcast a shorter version of the clip posted to the Facebook page of the suspect’s brother
Police said the LEO responded to the request for help and was confronted by a man who shot him with a shotgun
A representative from Otterbein University announced the scholarships to all three of Officer Eric Joering’s daughters during a city council meeting
The decision didn’t quiet public reaction as debate persisted questioning if the LEO was in enough danger to warrant firing into the moving van
The images released by police compress what was a nearly hour-long search for the suspect into a 2½-minute clip
Officer Justin Billa was shot Tuesday night and succumbed to his injuries at a hospital
Authorities say a man who shot and wounded a Texas state trooper Sunday before a trooper shot him has died
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