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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In light of a recent shooting in Florida, it might be a good time to renew the concepts of the “reactionary gap”
Police Captain Altovise Love-Craighead said most officers take the job to help others and that sometimes their experiences on the street “muddle that”
The unnamed gunman opened fire on officers who were responding to a domestic disturbance call, killing two and wounding one
There are no immediate details of the shooting
Officer Jesse Hartnett’s fight for survival serves as a reminder of why you need to prepare for a sudden attack
The draft policies would limit when cops can shoot fleeing suspects and restrict the number of times police can TASER suspects
Lawyers say a reasonable person in Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Palmier’s position would have believed he was in danger of being killed or seriously injured, so firing was justified
Running back Isaiah Crowell donated his first game check to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation in an effort to make amends for anti-police posts on social media
Superintendent Eddie Johnson said an officer, who was seriously beaten at an accident scene, told him she did not use her gun to defend herself for fear of a backlash
Before LAPD fatally shot Daniel Enrique Perez, he used his cellphone to call 911 to report “a man with a gun matching his own description”
Police say services which map, collect and store information from social media are a way to help find crime witnesses and spot brewing problems during large gatherings
After months of African-American aldermen publicly blasting the administration’s police reform efforts, many voted for the ordinance thanks to changes Rahm Emanuel made
The officers’ lawyer says Joseph Mann yelled and confronted the officers with a knife before he was fatally shot
Republican Indiana Governor Mike Pence and Democratic Virginia Senator Tim Kaine battled it out for 90 minutes in the only vice presidential debate of the 2016 election season
Learning from an event and applying those lessons in training will improve your department’s future response
The 16 minute video shows officers assessing and then tending to wounds, securing the scene and talking to Scott as they knelt beside him
City Council members said Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to create a new agency that would investigate police shootings and police misconduct lacks necessary transparency and oversight
The judge said the protesters “failed to present any credible evidence that any of the actions taken by these individuals were taken with malice or were committed in bad faith”
Police Chief Charlie Beck said security camera video shows a man with a handgun before officers fatally shot him
A judge ruled that Gary Sancegrow was incompetent to stand trial “in the foreseeable future” and has confined him to Fulton State Hospital
LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck said the officers involved in the recent fatal shootings had replica or real guns pointed at them before they fired their guns
Before being fatally wounded, Jeffrey Clair Cave shot two officers, seriously wounding one who is currently in serious stable condition
Officers can be heard saying “I’m gonna hit him” and “OK, go for it” before appearing to drive their vehicle toward Joseph Mann
Clinton called for more police training in an effort to restore trust along with legislation to end what she called “the gun epidemic”
Officers were searching for a car taken in a carjacking when they tried to talk to a teen suspect on the street and he opened fire
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