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FOP reports there have been 54 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers this year. These ambush-style attacks have resulted in 71officers being shot, with 15 of dying from wounds suffered in the attacks.
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Johnson was sentenced to death on Feb. 1, 2008, for the murder of Kirkwood Police Sergeant William McEntee.
Read More →The Kentucky State Police asked for FBI investigative assistance after the Bardstown PD's chief received a threatening letter alluding to more officer deaths following the ambush of Officer Jason Ellis.
Read More →Sgt. Tim Prunty, 44, was standing near his cruiser in uniform, when Chris Cope pulled into the convenience store parking lot and opened fire on the officer.
Read More →A Texas law enforcement officer murdered Monday in an apparent ambush told county officials last week he felt threatened by a man he'd once targeted in a corruption investigation.
Read More →A California gang member pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges in the killing of two Palm Springs police officers in what authorities called an ambush during a domestic dispute call.
Read More →The vehicle, the patrol car, the "shop," is obviously what distinguishes the vehicle ambush from other types of attacks. It also gives you instant mobility to get out of the kill zone. In keeping with the suggested tactics for lethal force encounters the vehicle helps you move and create distance.
Read More →The Philadelphia Police Department is outfitting 150 of its patrol vehicles with ballistic door panels and transparent armor window inserts from Hardwire, LLC.
Read More →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.
Read More →Chrisceda Clemmons couldn't do that. She had to think of her family. And she knew her nephew was not well. There was the time last May at his house in Tacoma when "he got angry at something" and started throwing rocks at his neighbors' houses and cars. One hit an elderly man. Later Clemmons assaulted two sheriff's deputies.
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