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’ve worked cases like these a half dozen or more times, and we’ve got a a pretty outstanding success rate
The more aware our officers are, the better mentally prepared they will be when presented with one of these horrific scenarios
In a few, fortunately quite rare cases, a good guy becomes the bad guy and these encounters turn deadly
The suspect backed into the patrol vehicle, pulled a gun and opened fire, hitting the officer once
Officers were found legally justified in the shooting
The officer was driving an unmarked cargo van with no police lights and was in civilian clothes
The officer referenced the ‘disruption and takeover’ of a precinct during Jamar Clark protests
A nine-year veteran of the sheriff’s department was treated for a gunshot wound to the abdomen
Officers fired tear gas into the house, but he was still refusing to end the standoff
Witnesses took to Twitter to describe a gunman on the loose
Officer Philip Brailsford was charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting
The officer helped rescue many animals from ‘deplorable conditions’
Jamar Clark’s death sparked weeks of largely peaceful protests and an 18-day occupation outside a police precinct
Deputies shot and killed an armed robbery suspect who was later found to be armed with a large knife
Many in the community were concerned about bad publicity for the city, after the non-fatal shooting of two officers and national coverage of the opioid epidemic
The deputy is recovering, but may lose sight in his left eye
Officers and a state trooper were called to a Burger King before midnight Saturday and found a man inside a truck holding a shotgun
Miami man was shot by an officer after police say he pulled out a gun during a traffic stop
Officer attempted to stop the individual for shoplifting
Move is part of an effort to improve public trust in Chicago police
Sheriff’s deputy is “doing much better” but may lose his left eye after he was shot in the face during a traffic stop
The officer will be cleared in the shooting
Bedonie repeatedly ignored commands to drop his weapon, caught on recently-released body cam video
The 33-second video shows the car driving away Wednesday morning, flinging Trooper Miseal Diaz to the road
Fernando Castro, 19, whose car was tied to an Amber Alert for 15-year-old Pearl Pinson