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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We may sense a global sadness about the loss of one’s potential for good, but being thankful that the other guy is dead and you’re still alive is not morally repugnant
Scores of people gathered at the scene of the shooting, and some were shouting angrily
It has been reported in these early stages that the cameras on the officers at the scene came off during the struggle — one of the drawbacks of those devices
Hundreds protested the shooting Tuesday night and called for a federal investigation into the incident
Officials declined to release the video, and Bill Bratton said it was “much too early” to say whether shooting was justified
The Tuesday shooting captured on video sparked protests, and La. Gov. John Bel Edwards called the footage ‘disturbing’
The officer was shot in the abdomen and is expected to recover
The store’s owner said he saw officers remove a gun from the suspect’s pocket after the shooting
Metro Transit Police officers investigating a large crowd setting off fireworks late Monday spotted a man holding a weapon
40-year-old Dennis Green started throwing beer bottles at officers who arrived to the scene of a disturbance
The officer likely saved the lives of four or five deputies by killing a “very heavily armed” man after something went wrong during an undercover operation
The suspect in the May incident, Jesse Olivieri, has been ordered held while his case proceeds
The sheriff’s deputy is expected to recover
The findings were released Thursday by the agency’s National Use of Force Review Board
Civilian helped a New York officer subdue a gunman who had already fatally shot another officer
A Boise police officer was shot in the chest and a male suspect was killed in a shootout late Tuesday
Nearly 300 pages of the “In Context: Understanding Police Killings of Unarmed Citizens” are devoted to describing and dissecting the 153 fatalities, one by one, month by month throughout the year
This is the second time the K-9 handler has tragically lost a police dog in the line of duty
The decision in Montoute v. Carr deals directly with law enforcement use of deadly force against an armed fleeing felon
The incident began at a DUI checkpoint and ended with an arrest and three state troopers wounded
Folcroft Officer Christopher Dorman has endured at least two surgeries since being shot Friday in the face, leg and groin
Officers had been called out 14 times since 2012 to the home of a mother who killed her two daughters and was fatally shot by police
Police later found two weapons and drugs in the vehicle
25-year-old officer was shot Friday as he approached people suspected of smoking marijuana behind an apartment building
The unidentified suspect was taken into custody
Authorities arrived Friday to find the suspect on a front porch holding a handgun and shotgun
Investigators say they called police during a manhunt to lure police away from the suspected shooter
Officer shot and killed 46-year-old John Geer after a 40-minute standoff in which witnesses say Geer had his hands up
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