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Tag: Oakland SWAT Ambush
Patrol
4 OPD Officers Killed on 3/21/2009: Yearning for Learning a Dozen Years Later
Sergeant Mark Dunakin, Officer John Hege, Sergeant Ervin Romans, and Sergeant Dan Sakai were senselessly and brutally murdered by a convicted felon wanted on a no-bail warrant for a parole violation in two separate incidents taking place nearly two hours apart on the afternoon of March 21, 2009.
March 25, 2022
Patrol
Looking Back: Tragedy, Invisible Killers, and the Death Penalty
POLICE has covered lessons learned, weapons of mass destruction, and capital punishment.
May 31, 2019
Patrol
Editorial: The Last Full Measure
Abraham Lincoln spoke of the willingness to fight and die for others as "the last full measure of devotion." Officers who agree to have their organs donated upon death exemplify that devotion.
September 9, 2013
SWAT
Is Law Enforcement Entering a Deadly New Era?
The spike in duty deaths has occurred despite the many advancements in police training, equipment (particularly protective armor), and emergency medical trauma care. What does appear to be occurring is more and more criminals are showing an increasing willingness to engage police in armed confrontations.
March 31, 2011
Special Units
Deputy Who Helped End Oakland Ambush Honored at Sheriffs' Conference
Pope said he was reluctant at first to accept the award, but embraced it when he realized it would be shared with fellow officers involved in the Oakland ambush.
June 28, 2010
Patrol
National Police Week: What They Left Behind
The names of almost 19,000 law enforcement men and women have been added to the curving, 304-foot marble walls of the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial. The officers and families who knew them arrived at the memorial during National Police Week to pay tribute by leaving roses, photos, wreaths, a SWAT helmet, a duty flashlight, and other personel items.
May 13, 2010
SWAT
Pittsburgh Police Ambush: One Year Later
As in Oakland, Pittsburgh police have had a very rough year, grieving and recovering from the murders of three fellow officers. All the while, continuing to serve and protect the citizens of Pittsburgh as the professionals they are.
April 12, 2010
SWAT
One Year After the Oakland Police Murders
For two months after the tragic shootings, OPD SWAT went into "stand down" mode, to regroup and train replacement Sergeants. Oakland is part of Alameda County, so Alameda County's tactical team handled any callouts while the OPD team regrouped. In May 2009, OPD SWAT became operational again and has since handled dozens of missions, successfully.
March 30, 2010
Special Units
The Peter Principle
It's critical that only the best warriors get promoted up the ranks in law enforcement. Wearing sergeant's stripes or lieutenant's bars on your uniform has to be about more than just time served or passing a test.
February 11, 2010
Patrol
Oakland Police Memorial
In March of 2009, 21,000 people attended memorial services at Oracle Arena for the four Oakland police officers killed in the line of duty. A desperate parolee shot two motor officers and later two sergeants during a SWAT raid of an apartment. The video was produced by the Contra Costa Times.
January 24, 2010
Special Units
Oakland SWAT Gets Additional Review
The Oakland Police Department's SWAT unit will get an additional third-party review, following a Board of Inquiry report that harshly criticized its handling of a desperate parolee's killing of four officers in March.
January 12, 2010
SWAT
The Oakland Police Murders: What We Think We Know
Start with the OPD board of inquiry after-action report and definitely include the OPD radio transmissions from March 21. Follow up on these by reading as many news and LE articles, blogs, commentaries that you can find, especially via the Internet. And if you have access to any "inside intel," that's better yet.
January 12, 2010
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