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Training
Gun Grabs: 3 Techniques
When asked to demonstrate weapon retention, most officers place both hands on their holstered handgun and move their hips violently from side to side. This is a good technique. Here are three additional techniques that can help you keep your duty weapon out of the hands of the bad guy. For the full story, read "Stopping Gun Grabs."
February 1, 2011
Patrol
Be Prepared for Gun Grabs
When Jim re-holstered his sidearm in preparation for handcuffing the man, the suspect was off the curb, going for Jim’s gun, which he apparently felt was—literally—up for grabs again.
May 8, 2008
Training
Reacting to Gun Grabs
In addition to the built-in retention of your holster, there are some techniques and tactics that you need to know in order to keep your duty weapon in place during a physical altercation.
April 30, 2015
Training
Stopping Gun Grabs
When asked to demonstrate weapon retention, most officers place both hands on their holstered handgun and move their hips violently from side to side. This technique is good. But before you are able to react in this manner, the suspect can bridge the open space between you, lower his shoulders, and extend his hands to touch your holstered firearm. Try using a technique that provides a faster reaction.
January 10, 2011
Training
Countering Gun Grabs on the Ground
Even a well-trained officer can find him- or herself on the ground when initiating an arrest. Things happen quickly and things can get ugly quickly. Be sure that you are ready to counter any grabs for your weapons.
August 30, 2014
Patrol
Man Grabs Chicago Officer's Gun
A Chicago man has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after police say he fired a gun at police Saturday evening while two officers were arresting him for shoplifting.
February 17, 2015
Training
Change Your Thinking About Gun Grabs
Do you have the training and gear to protect your duty weapon or are you just hopeful nothing will happen?
November 3, 2017
Patrol
Video: Parolee Attacks, Grabs Gun of MO Officer at Traffic Stop
A Calverton Park, MO, police officer's stop of a suspected drunk or high driver Wednesday morning led to a fight for his life when the motorist resisted arrest and attempted to take his gun.
September 8, 2017
Patrol
Florida Suspect Grabs Officer's Gun in Holster and Pulls Trigger
Suspect Eugene Upperman then reportedly said he was "going to pull the trigger." Which police say he did. After the gun went off, officers continued to punch Upperman to get him to let go of the gun. Other officers arrived on scene to assist them in arresting Upperman.
December 1, 2020
Patrol
Gun Grabs Are Deadly Serious Even if Suspect Unarmed
According to the FBI, since 2000, at least 57 police officers have been killed by their own weapons, which were taken away and used against them by suspects. So, again, the answer to the unnamed writer in the Times question is simple: if you take or attempt to take an officer's weapon, expect the officer to defend themselves.
March 5, 2015
Patrol
Gun Grabs Are Deadly Serious Even if Suspect Unarmed
According to the FBI, since 2000, at least 57 police officers have been killed by their own weapons, which were taken away and used against them by suspects. So, again, the answer to the unnamed writer in the Times question is simple: if you take or attempt to take an officer's weapon, expect the officer to defend themselves.
March 5, 2015
Patrol
Video: Man Grabs NYPD Officer's Gun, Fatally Shoots Bronx Deli Clerk
A panhandler removed the duty weapon from a New York Police Department officer's holster and used it to fatally shoot a Bronx bodega worker as a late-night dispute over $2 exploded into a deadly street shootout, police said.
August 11, 2016
Patrol
Parolee Attacks, Grabs Gun of MO Officer at Traffic Stop
A Calverton Park, MO, police officer's stop of a suspected drunk or high driver Wednesday morning led to a fight for his life when the motorist resisted arrest and attempted to take his gun. More here.
September 8, 2017
Patrol
Video: Ore. Man Grabs Officer's Gun in City Hall
Beaverton (Ore.) Police arrested an 18-year-old who grabbed a gun from an officer while high on mushrooms during a physical confrontation in the lobby of city hall.
July 29, 2013
Patrol
Man Grabs NYPD Officer's Gun, Fatally Shoots Bronx Deli Clerk
A panhandler removed the duty weapon from a New York Police Department officer's holster and used it to fatally shoot a Bronx bodega worker as a late-night dispute over $2 exploded into a deadly street shootout, police said. More Here.
August 11, 2016
Patrol
Video: Mo. Woman Grabs Cop's Gun, Kills Self In Cruiser
A woman being transported to the hospital by an Alton (Mo.) Police officer on Wednesday grabbed the officer's gun and turned it on herself during a scuffle in the front seat of the cruiser.
July 4, 2012
Patrol
New Jersey Man Injures Three Officers During Arrest, Grabs One Officer's Gun
At one point during the struggle, the suspect grabbed Officer Barral’s gun and began to remove it from his holster, police say.
April 10, 2020
Patrol
OK Sheriff’s Office to Relocate ‘Gun’ Switch after Woman Slips Cuffs and Grabs Rifle
“Once it happens then you go back and try to make sure it never happens again. And that's what we're looking at."
August 19, 2022
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