Tag: Barricade Situations: Page 13

Special Units

Pa. Officer Killed at Traffic Stop, Backup Cop Wounded

A part-time East Washington (Pa.) Police officer was fatally shot and a second officer was wounded in a gunfight late Sunday following a traffic stop in Webster.

December 18, 2011

Special Units

N.C. Student Standoff Sparks Campus Lockdown

A Campbell University student suspected of stealing weapons surrendered to Harnett County deputies Wednesday afternoon, ending a three-hour standoff that put the Buies Creek campus on lockdown.

November 8, 2011

Patrol

N.Y. Trooper Shot In the Face with BB Gun

A New York State Police officer was shot in the face with a BB gun and two Cortland Police officers were hit by glass shards during a stand-off on Sunday with an 18-year-old man.

October 17, 2011

Patrol

No Bail for Ex-Marine Who Shot Fla. Deputy

On Monday, Judge Walter Heinrich revoked bail that had initially been set at $65,000 for Matthew Lane Buendia, who fired at Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputy Deputy Lyonelle De Veaux on Friday.

October 2, 2011

Patrol

Two of Three Shot Fla. Cops Leave Hospital

Two of the three Lake City (Fla.) Police officers who were shot by a suicidal man, which triggered a lengthy standoff at a home, have been released from the hospital.

September 23, 2011

Patrol

Fla. Officer Struck by Gunfire Fighting for Her Life

Michael Lester is accused of firing more than 20 rounds at Officer Stacy Lee Booth, 26, after the officer responded to his home. As she approached the house, Lester allegedly fired his SKS rifle, striking Officer Booth in the holster, abdomen, and right arm.

September 3, 2011

SWAT

One Team's Innovative Barricade Tactic

Just when we might think all the innovative SWAT tactics have already been tried, a SWAT team comes up with an imaginative, simple and exceptionally effective tactic. It comes under the heading of "why didn't someone else think of this before?"

August 25, 2011

Special Units

Ending a Barricade with Heavy Equipment

When faced with a barricaded suspect, SWAT officers may want to consider using heavy construction equipment to end the incident.

August 23, 2011

Special Units

Calif. Hotel Barricade Suspect Found Dead

Officers had surrounded an Extended Stay motel beginning Wednesday morning, after officers tracked Peter James Thomas, 38, to the location. Thomas was found dead Thursday afternoon, when police entered a second-floor room of the hotel.

August 17, 2011

Special Units

Ariz. Fugitive Surrenders After 10-Hour Standoff

A 10-hour standoff between Pima County (Ariz.) Sheriff's SWAT officers and a wanted fugitive at a southern Tucson hotel room ended with the suspect surrendering. An attempt by two bail bondsmen to arrest him triggered the standoff.

July 30, 2011

Special Units

Calif. Standoff Ends After 7 Hours with 2 Dead

A father and son were found dead inside a Watsonville, Calif., home early Thursday, after a seven-hour stand-off involving about 40 law enforcement officers from municipal and county agencies.

July 6, 2011

Special Units

Shots Fired: Eureka, California 12/08/2006

Within a day of Honda's holing up in the motel room, the Eureka Police Department received information of the man's whereabouts. The idea of dealing with a man desperately determined to avoid arrest and under the influence of meth was not something Eureka officers wanted to even think about it.

June 30, 2011