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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Protests erupted following the fatal police shooting of a black man
Officials say the officers, who were responding to a domestic situation, were “ambushed upon their arrival” and immediately shot
Rialto police and the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health helped de-escalate a situation where a man was threatening harm to himself with a knife
The current law makes the crime eligible for the death penalty, but the new measure would make it the mandatory sentence
Doctors, nurses and fellow officers cheered Tuesday as Officer Josh Vadell was discharged from the brain injury unit
36-year-old Daniel Erickson shot at police after more than 6 hours of negotiations
Officer Darrin Reed was shot to death by suspect Daniel Erickson
The suit claims Dallas ambush shooter Micah Johnson fired at officers because he was incited by the BLM anti-police rhetoric
The man who shot Columbus Officer Niki D. Cooper in a gun battle 44 years ago has never served a day in jail
Deputy Daryl Smallwood, who was wounded in a shootout that killed Sgt. Patrick Sondron, has died
Michael Slager faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted of murder in the April 2015 shooting death of Walter Scott
Ray Tensing was fired by the University of Cincinnati after the July 2015 shooting of Sam DuBose near the campus
Ralph Stanley Elrod faces a murder charge and four counts of aggravated assault on a police officer
Officer Daniel Webster’s body camera video that was played during trial, and three other videos, will be publicly released
The more we explain to people why we do what we do, the better chance we have of turning around false narratives surrounding our profession
Police ultimately took the step of asking Facebook and Instagram to deactivate the armed woman’s accounts, believing they were distracting her from negotiations
As far as investigators can tell, neither of the two deputies had withdrawn his gun
Tensions remain high in a neighborhood where an off-duty police officer fatally shot a man
Two officers suffered non-life-threatening wounds when they were hit in the face while responding to a disturbance
Officer Blake Synder’s wife and family, officials and hundreds of fellow cops, gathered at the park to dedicate it to the fallen officer
A Peach County deputy was killed and another was wounded responding to a dispute between neighbors
Sgt. Emmanuel Kwo left the hospital Friday night after treatment for a leg wound
The organization is helping 81 families of first responders, including the families of fallen St. Louis Officer Blake Snyder and wounded Ballwin Officer Michael Flamion
Michael Slager is on trial facing a murder charge in the shooting death of Walter Scott, who was fatally shot after he fled from a traffic stop
The suspect was fatally shot during an exchange of gunfire with the second sergeant on the scene
The bill blocks public officials from immediately releasing the names of officers involved in shootings
Police Chief Dana Wingert called the killings of two officers a “cowardly act of calculated murder”
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