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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
Special Units
Pittsburgh Ambush Trial: Poplawski Confessed In Phone Calls
Richard Poplawski admitted in phone calls to a friend and 911 dispatchers he was killing police officers at his home, witnesses testified Tuesday in his capital murder trial.
June 21, 2011
Patrol
Hundreds of Bullets Fired in Lethal Pittsburgh Shootout and Ambush
Here is a timeline of the incident this morning in Stanton Heights in which three Pittsburgh police officers were killed and another two were injured:
April 4, 2009
Patrol
Deadly Ambush Claims the Lives of 3 Pittsburgh Police Officers
Pittsburgh police Officers Paul Sciullo III and Stephen Mayhle were about an hour short of ending their overnight shifts yesterday when 911 dispatched them to 1016 Fairfield St. in Stanton Heights at 7:05 a.m.
April 4, 2009
Patrol
Pittsburgh Dispatchers Receive Weapon Question Guide in Wake of Ambush Killings
"We're never gonna let this happen again. Not on my watch," county Emergency Services Chief Robert A. Full said yesterday in pledging that 911 employees will make every effort to uncover critical information that could save police officers' lives.
April 8, 2009
Patrol
Poplawski Gets Death for Killing 3 Pittsburgh Officers
A jury gave Richard Poplawski a death sentence for the ambush killing of three Pittsburgh Police officers two years ago. The panel of seven men and five women brought in from Dauphin County announced their decision at 6:59 p.m. Tuesday.
June 28, 2011
Special Units
NTOA Honors Pittsburgh SWAT Officers
The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) honored the actions of the Pittsburgh SWAT unit that responded to an April ambush that resulted in the deaths of three officers at the hands of a heavily armed 22-year-old gunman.
September 16, 2009
Special Units
Video: Pittsburgh School Shooting Likely Drug Related
The shooting likely occurred because suspected shooter Anjohnito Willet, 16, was seeking revenge for a drug-related robbery and assault that happened inside the school last month.
November 13, 2013
Patrol
Trial Begins In Killing of Three Pittsburgh Officers
Deputy District Attorney Mark V. Tranquilli told Dauphin County jurors he expected the trial to last about two weeks, and said the case was about "fallen heroes and potentially fallen heroes."
June 19, 2011
Patrol
Officer Killed in PA Ambush, Suspect Found Dead
A manhunt is underway in western Pennsylvania for the person who shot two police officers -- killing one of them -- in an early morning ambush-style attack, state police said.
November 10, 2016
Patrol
Trial Date Set For Pittsburgh Cop Killer
The man accused of killing three Pittsburgh officers a year ago will be tried on a multitude of charges beginning Oct. 12 over the objections of the attorney assigned to defend him, an Allegheny County judge has ruled.
April 6, 2010
Patrol
Video: 2 PA Officers Shot, 1 Killed in Domestic Call Ambush
One Canonsburg, PA, police officer was killed and another wounded early Thursday when they were ambushed responding to a domestic disturbance call. Police said the officers were shot as they approached the front door of a home.
November 10, 2016
SWAT
Massacre in Pittsburgh: The Unthinkable Strikes Again
SWAT took up positions around the suspect’s brick house as the firefight raged. SWAT’s Lenco BEAR armored rescue vehicle withstood numerous bullet hits, including two very visible hits to the front windshield.
April 14, 2009
Patrol
FBI Treating Philly Officer's Shooting as Terror Attack
Police say Yeadon resident Edward Archer told them he was acting in the name of Islam when he opened fire on Officer Jesse Hartnett's marked cruiser on Jan. 7 at a Philadelphia intersection. The officer was wounded.
January 14, 2016
SWAT
Survival Lessons from Oakland and Pittsburgh
The lesson all of us must learn from the Oakland and Pittsburgh tragedies is to honor our fallen brothers in blue by doing whatever it takes to not only survive, or even to win, but to prevail.
April 14, 2009
SWAT
Lakewood Ambush: Not the First or Last
This isn't the first time this year that multiple officers from an agency have been killed in a single incident. While I certainly hope it's the last time, my gut feeling is it probably isn't.
December 3, 2009
Patrol
Poplawski's Vest Stopped Police Rounds
One of Officer Mayhle's eight, .40-caliber rounds was recovered from Poplawski's vest. Investigators also matched casings found inside the home with Mayhle's service weapon.
June 22, 2011
Editor's Notes
Video: How to Handcuff on a Wall
Many law enforcement agencies have scrapped on-the-wall handcuffing from police-academy training. However, as with many police tactics, your ability to win comes down to your execution of a proven method. Lt. Kevin Dillon provides you that method in a tactics video, demonstrating two effective handcuffing strategies — one in space, and a second on the wall.
August 17, 2011
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