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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Videotape is merely a two-dimensional record of a three-dimensional event viewed from one vantage point, yet one ‘activist’ seems to believe it’s all he needs in order to know ‘what happened’
The man was allegedly shot as he was prone on the ground
A new video from the shootout was taken by a man who found himself trapped in his truck at a car wash when gunfire erupted
Chief said the attack isn’t part of the recent string of shootings of police in the U.S., but that “hate against police has got to stop”
The suspect could be heard taunting the officer, who ordered the suspect to drop his gun twice
After performing a show in St. Louis, Breaking Benjamin paid a visit to one of their fans at Mercy Hospital St. Louis
The officer was shot while investigating a report of a person being shot at by several people in a vehicle
The gunman wasn’t interested in anyone without a badge
The suspect tried to grab one officer’s weapon before being shot dead by another officer
Officer Michael Flamion, 31, was shot on July 8 after stopping a man for speeding
The gunman’s “movements, his direction, his attention was on police officers”
Gavin Eugene Long had no known ties to any extremist groups
Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich rebuffed a request by the head of the Cleveland police union to suspend the open carry law during the convention
Confronting another killing of police officers, President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Americans to tamp down inflammatory words and actions
Officer Montrell L. Jackson was one of three officers fatally shot Sunday in Baton Rouge
Officers Montrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald, and Brad Garafola were killed in the shooting
Man fired at them with an AR-15 style rifle
The GBI says Stephen Paul Beck shot Officer Randall Hancock multiple times on July 8 outside an apartment complex
Just how Philando Castile informed the officer — and whether the officer followed his own training — gets to the heart of the investigation
Investigators say an off-duty Colorado sheriff’s deputy fired a bullet straight down the barrel of a suspect’s gun
Officers shot the suspect four times
The officer was awake after working a night shift when at least five bullets struck his home
The suspect raised his arms in front of his torso in a threatening gesture after the vehicle pursuit ended, police said
Interim Police Chief Martha Montalvo said there are indications the man was under the influence of narcotics at the time he was shot
TV judge Glenda Hatchett is the attorney representing the family of Philando Castile
The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation of Sterling’s death in Baton Rouge
At a memorial for slain police officers, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that a week of deeply troubling violence has appeared to expose “the deepest fault lines of our democracy”
Three men from his unit were among the five officers killed in Thursday’s attack
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