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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It’s Parenting 101, but many individuals are not educating their kids about the peril they put themselves in when wandering about town with replica firearms
Xavier Jugele has been promoted to police captain and awarded Chevalier of the Legion of Honor posthumously
The measure would designate July 7 as a day to honor officers in Texas killed in the line of duty
Judge Ed Emmett said the county was indebted to Clint Greenwood for his long service to local government
Justice Sonia Sotomayor argued the courts “rarely intervene” when officers have been “wrongly afforded” qualified immunity
At one point during the pursuit, a handgun was thrown out a window of the car
The lawsuit argues KS&E Sports improperly sold the gun to a man who then illegally sold it to a convicted felon barred from possessing firearms
The bullets narrowly missed one of the deputy’s children
Until now, Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback’s statement offered the only public accounting from the officers’ perspectives
Cpl. Shane Geers was cleared on all charges in February, but is currently involved in a civil suit
Officer Mike McClaughry was shot and blinded while responding to a shooting in December
Benjamin De los Santos-Barbosa was shot when he and three other officers attempted to pull over a vehicle
The decision clears a path to begin the program that aims to outfit about 1,200 NYPD officers with cameras
Officer Zach Tutten was awarded the Legislative Medal of Honor for putting himself in danger to fatally shoot a man threatening people in a convenience store with a shotgun
Defense lawyer William Ruzzo said Eric Frein tried to emulate his dad but didn’t measure up
Police say the man was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
a. Tom Brady and his Patriots pals rallied to help a cause that raised $86,000 for fallen Officer Ronald Tarentino’s family
Officers can now be judged specifically on whether they did all they could to reduce tensions before resorting to their firearms
The board determined that Officer Brentley Vinson followed proper procedure
Omar Maria was sentenced to 100 years for shooting Officer Jacob Baldwin in the face during a 2014 traffic stop
Stephen Frank Nichols pretended to help look for the fleeing suspect with the officer
Authorities closed off several blocks while SWAT searched a building where the suspect had barricaded himself inside
The two officers are in critical, but stable condition
Officials said Karim Cheurfi was detained at the end of February after speaking threateningly about police but was then released for lack of evidence
The district attorney vowed she’ll seek the death penalty against Nathan LeForce because of the “particularly heinous, atrocious and cruel” nature of the crime
A 30-year-old male officer was in critical condition, with life-threatening injuries
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the shooting on Paris’ Champs Elysees that killed a police officer and left two others gravely wounded
Bryan Eubanks admitted to investigators that the shooting was a result of a failed suicide attempt
The video shows Nathan Leforce raise a weapon as he approached Deputy David Wade
Eric Frein was convicted of all 12 charges he faced more than two years after targeting the state troopers in a late-night sniper attack
Deputy David Wade went to serve an eviction notice, but the alleged shooter wasn’t the person being evicted
