Officer-Involved Shootings
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With 2020 about to commence, Jim and Doug reflect on some of the topics that rose above the rest in the past 12 months
What fellow officers should be aware of when engaging, and hopefully helping, an officer involved in an OIS
Here are the events and technologies the P1 team and our readership viewed as having the most significant impact on the profession in the last decade
The suspect fired 18 shots that an official described as an “AK-47 pistol,” which penetrated the officer’s ballistic vest
As an officer approached to investigate a stolen vehicle report, the occupants quickly drove off, running over the officer in the process
“Anything any of us could have needed, if we asked him for help on something, Alex Hamzy was always there to offer a hand.”
“Dustin DeMonte was one of those officers who was not just doing a job. He was working for the community.”
The suspect was mortally wounded after officers asked him to drop his weapon as they responded to a call about a large fight in progress
The footage is part of a preliminary report by the state’s Office of the Inspector General
Bristol police said Officer Alec Iurato was hit by gunfire and returned fire, killing the shooter
Officer Truong Thai, who was wearing a ballistic vest, was shot in the torso and died at a hospital
The officers were responding to a 911 call about an apparent dispute between two brothers that appears to have been a deliberate act to lure LE to the scene
A drone operator located the man, clad in body armor, in the woods as he approached threatened to shoot law enforcement officers
The incident began with a 911 call from a woman saying her husband was suicidal and holding a machete
Decatur Police Chief Shane Brandel said the department’s street crimes unit had seized more than 60 illegally owned firearms since May
Officer Truong Thai, 49, was fatally wounded while answering a report for a domestic disturbance and stopping a vehicle near the Las Vegas Strip
The driver of the car they stopped died during an exchange of gunfire that involved three Decatur police officers and a Macon County Sheriff’s Department deputy
The officer, who fired a rifle five times through the windshield of an unmarked police vehicle, was fired for violating several police department policies
The 19-year-old suspect fired at officers through a window as they were attempting to knock on the front door
The judge said prosecutors had failed to provide a grand jury panel with information on how and when officers are legally justified in firing their weapons
James Brennand, 25, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault by a peace officer for the Oct. 2 shooting of Erik Cantu according to a police statement
After hours of negotiations with officers, the suspect was shot and killed after reaching for gun
The Conn. officer was hailed a hero for helping subdue the suspect after the officer had been shot
The incident began when the unnamed man approached the school’s entrance, frantically attempting to breach the locked entrance doors
She told the dispatcher her husband knew she would call police for his intoxication, so gathered ammunition to meet police with gunfire at front door
“There is nothing I can say in defense of that officer’s actions that night,” said Police Chief William McManus
An armed man wounded one person in gunfire that led to evacuations and lockdowns in a popular dining and shopping area
The suspect started to shout anti-police sentiments and then pointed a gun at the officers in the lobby of the station, reported Superintendent David Brown
Porter Burks, who was fatally shot after charging at officers with a knife, had a long history of mental illness
The deputy had fired his gun to try to stop the pit bull from attacking a fellow officer
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Deputy Blane Lane was “the epitome of what American law enforcement is about”
“These officers made the ultimate sacrifice, and our city made a pledge to them and their families to never forget.”
Body camera footage shows Wash. Officer Avery Smith bailing out of her car and exchanging bullets with the suspect
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