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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Court finds officers acted reasonably under extreme threat when returning fire during a hostage crisis that left a 3-year-old and his father dead
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A woman pleads with police to hurry because she thinks a man is breaking into her home
When the situation you’ve always feared and trained for happens, will you be ready?
Derek Deandre Walker was upset over a custody battle for his son, and claimed he was ‘ready to die’
An officer fired, hitting both of the stolen car’s occupants, after the driver repeated rammed vehicles to escape
A police statement said the investigation showed the shooting was excessive and “Kerrick did not have a lawful right to discharge his weapon during this encounter”
The former Florida A&M football player had been in an accident and charged at the responding officers
The suspect officers were aiming for was subdued with an ECD and taken into custody
The man survived the shooting and pleaded guilty to assault
Dakin Burgess fled police for 3 hours, shooting 2 troopers before shooting himself and crashing his vehicle
The officer arrived within a minute of receiving a 911 call and fired at the suspect, striking him 5 times
As infuriating as it may be, many agencies don’t outfit their officers with body armor, causing officers to choose between buying proper ballistic protection and putting food on the family table
Rene Loney, 49, was arrested and charged with menacing a police officer and criminal possession of a weapon
Shaky video details the fatal shooting of Wendell Allen in a 2012 drug raid gone wrong
The officer awoke to sounds downstairs, and when she identified herself as a cop the suspect charged at her
SWAT released gas into the room when negotiations failed, prompting the elderly man to fire, and was shot dead
Officers pursued Garrett Nelson Brooks after he robbed a store and carjacked a person
Officer Mary Godfrey was forced to shoot, kill mentally ill man who allegedly lunged at her with a box cutter
A suspect fired a sawed off shot gun, hitting both officers in the legs
The officers struck the man with a baton and sprayed him with pepper spray but neither affected the man
The suspect reached for his waistband in a dark gangway after refusing to show the officer his hands