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Weapons

Knife Review: Buck/TOPS CSAR-T Folder

The Buck/TOPS CSAR-T folder also has a superbly ergonomic rugged Rocky Mountain Tread G10 handle, giving the knife an overall length of 8.2 inches and hefty 8.6-ounce weight. The CSAR-T folder has some heft, making it rugged enough to be used in the most demanding applications.

March 22, 2011

Weapons

Edged Weapons

Gang members on the street and inside prisons acquire edged weapons to use in close-quarter attacks on rival gang members or law enforcement officers. Street gang members typically will use fixed-blade knives, daggers, folding knives, butterfly knives or other utility tools, while inmates fashion their own jail-made shanks and other weapons from boot reinforcements, bed wiring, and other materials. Don't miss POLICE gang expert Rich Valdemar's "Edged Weapons and Gang Culture" blog post.

February 1, 2011

Gangs

Edged Weapons and Gang Culture

Edged-weapon gang culture flourished most prominently in American jails and prisons. Every inmate is expected to be able to defend himself. Gang members take this to mean they must be armed with an edged weapon.

January 31, 2011

Gangs

Prison Shanks

The jail-made "shank" is fashioned from this material by sharpened by scraping the metal on concrete floors. A handle is fashioned from paper or cloth. Since the length of the shank is small, the handle is often held in the palm of the fist with the blade protruding from between the middle and ring fingers like a push dagger.

January 31, 2011

Patrol

Wash. Man Stabbed 159 Times Before Officer Stops Assailant

Officer Joel Hansen acted within procedure, when he fired two shots, striking and killing Yeuri Acevedo Cisneros, 27. Hansen captured the graphic footage of the attack on Julio Cesar Zamora-Cortes, 21, on his cruiser's video camera.

January 30, 2011

Patrol

California Officer Shoots 16-Year-Old During Knife Attack

Three 16-year-old boys had robbed a 41-year-old woman of her cell phone and some personal items before being confronted by officers. One boy then grabbed, and stabbed, the officer.

January 26, 2011

Patrol

Officer Ends Confrontation With Knife-Wielding EDP Teen Peacefully

After responding to an EDP call, Scranton (Pa.) PD's Officer Rocco Cipriano parked and began walking toward the residence. A neighbor stopped him and said the girl had been outside of the house carrying a butcher knife and told the neighbor she would kill the cops if they came.

January 20, 2011

Patrol

Florida Deputy Returns to Duty Following Knife Attack

An Orange County (Fla.) Sheriff's deputy returned to duty today, slightly more than two months after he was stabbed in the neck by a suspect during a robbery at a convenience store.

January 9, 2011

Patrol

Portland Man Threatened Guard, Officer With Large Knife Prior To OIS

The approximately 60-year-old man had threatened a private security guard earlier while walking in a parking lot. The incident occurred at about 4 p.m. on New Year's Day.

January 2, 2011

Patrol

Bank Robber In NYPD OIS Refused to Drop Knife

Using a 10-inch steak knife, John Stolarz walked into the Chase branch near Madison Square Garden shortly after noon on Thursday, and demanded "fifties and hundreds." Stolarz left, when a teller told him the bank didn't have the cash.

October 13, 2010

Patrol

Servicemen Help Stabbed California Sergeant Arrest Attacker

The three Marines and Army private who were about to be deployed to Afghanistan helped the sergeant get the 19-year-old man into custody. Police had responded to a call of a man "brandishing a sharp instrument and threatening citizens."

October 6, 2010

Patrol

Vermont Man Who Threatened Officer With Knife 'Wanted to Die'

A 19-year-old man will face felony assault charges and undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he tried to assault a Battleboro (Vt.) police officer with a knife.

September 29, 2010