Tag: Improvised Weapons

Patrol
California Officer Hospitalized Briefly After Being Struck in Head with Hammer
The officer, a 19-year department veteran, suffered a head wound and was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was treated and released.
August 9, 2018
Patrol
California Inmate Stabs Correctional Officer in Head, Attacks Officers
A medical emergency was announced, and as staff entered the cell, Puckett threw an unknown substance on them, officials said. He then used an inmate-manufactured weapon to stab a correctional officer in the head.
April 14, 2016
Patrol
Video: Boston Officer's Son Charged in Alleged ISIS-Inspired Terror Plot
Federal authorities have arrested an Adams, Mass., man who was allegedly planning to carry out an Islamic State-inspired attack on a university with guns and improvised explosives. His father, a Boston PD police captain, notified authorities of the plans.
July 13, 2015
Pol Bostonisis
Training
Last-Ditch Impact Weapon Training
What happens if a suspect has closed in on you to a point where you do not have time to clear a handgun jam, replace an ECD cartridge, or re-holster a canister of OC spray? Training to use your force option tools as impact weapons may help prepare you for such an encounter and could help stop or slow an assault against you.
December 19, 2012
Photo: Tom Wetzel
Patrol
Wash. Deputy Shoots, Kills Man Swinging Pool Cue
A Thurston County (Wash.) Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man who advanced toward a fellow deputy swinging a pool cue toward his head, reports the Olympian.
November 4, 2012
Training
Defending Against Small Edged Weapons
In many cases, the victims of stabbings never knew the knives were in play. Their first indication that something was wrong was when they saw blood. And that's often too late.
February 6, 2012
Photo: Mike Siegfried
Patrol
Inmate Stabs Ore. Deputy with Pencil
Two Washington County (Ore.) jail inmates will face additional charges for attacking a corrections deputy, stabbing him three times in the face with a pencil.
August 7, 2011
Technology
Brite-Strike Introduces Expandable Baton Lights
Brite-Strike Technologies has introduced an expandable baton with an integrated flashlight as a dual-purpose tactical item. The company brought the product to SHOT Show 2010.
January 24, 2010
Glenn Bushee, Brite-Strike's president and a retired officer, demonstrates the Straight Baton with integrated light at SHOT Show.
Weapons
UZI Tactical Pen
CampCo
The most unique feature of the pen is that it employs the UZI DNA Catcher on the crown of the pen. The sharpened crown on the end can be used to jab or poke an attacker, which will not only cause extreme pain, but it will also collect the aggressor's DNA for future identification.
January 3, 2010
Tactical Pen 1
Patrol
Improvised Backup Weapons
When you're involved in a life-and-death battle where someone is grabbing your gun, anything in your hand can be used as an equalizer to help you gain control of your gun and gain control of the suspect by striking him in the face or head.
December 28, 2009
A flashlight jabbed into the suspect’s neck or face area can keep him from taking your gun.
Weapons
Improvised Backup Weapons
Footage of improvised weapons being applied to watermelons for an improvised backup weapons article in POLICE Magazine. "We wanted to test something that was somewhat similar to a human," said Al Abidin of Cutting Edge Combat. "And yes we ate both melons afterwards.
December 15, 2009
Smashing Watermelons Vid 1
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