Fugitive
The Police Fugitive topic page provides the latest tips, techniques, and tactics to bring fleeing suspects back into law enforcement control as soon as possible, whether they are running from cops on foot or by car. Whether the fugitive has escaped incarceration at a jail, a prison, or from the back of a squad car, the ensuing manhunt requires careful coordination.
The Dorner incident has not yet changed law enforcement training, tactics, mindset, and methods to the extent that I believe it could (or should!) and it’s on us — you and me — to make that change happen
There are many examples of what went right in the Dorner manhunt — this is only a small sampling of the tenacity and bravery that every American law officer is willing to put forward when the time calls
SWAT
The next Chris Dorner may already be out there plotting — what are you doing to prepare?
The dogs were trained only to track, not bite, and had been strangled using their tracking collars
Officers also confiscated drugs, 10 automatic weapons
The error reveals a serious lapse in the Honolulu Police Department’s practices and procedures when it comes to escapes
Randall Saito was arrested in California
Police were hunting in mountain terrain near the university Tuesday morning, searching for the suspected shooter, who is a suspect in a homicide last week in Colorado
Documents show a man wanted in the 1980 killing of a chief lived in a secret room in his ex-wife’s home and told her to bury him in the backyard when he died
As officers approached, police say Billy Barnhill attempted to run over several officers
Blue Alerts may be used by local and state authorities to provide early warnings of violent threats against police
The case is the longest-running unsolved murder of a police officer in the country
The fugitive was facing several charges that included assaulting a law enforcement officer
A gunfight broke out inside the crowded Cameo club early Sunday after a dispute among several patrons escalated into a shootout
A manhunt is underway for the suspect, who is believed to be armed and has a lengthy criminal history
Police Chief Fred Fletcher says the officer was shot while checking to see if someone was squatting in an abandoned building
A second fugitive inmate who escaped last week from a county jail in California by rappelling down with a bedsheet was re-arrested Wednesday
The inmates escaped Wednesday night from the county’s main jail by cutting through the bars covering a second-story window
The post invites those whose names appear on a list linked to the post to be “one of the lucky ones” to come capture the Charizard
Officer Brian Beliso was part of a wide-scale operation targeting undocumented criminal fugitives
Fernando Castro, 19, whose car was tied to an Amber Alert for 15-year-old Pearl Pinson
Cop Block contributor Adam Rupeka was on the run after he faced charges of sexually abusing a 15-year-old
Homeless man who pointed police toward two inmates who had escaped from jail will get the lion’s share of a reward set up for their successful capture
In the days that followed, authorities learned that the fugitive was not wanted for attempted murder
The police department has posted on its Facebook page a new mugshot of the suspect smiling
Officers discovered the man was not armed, but holding a cell phone
U.S. Marshals Service deputy in South Dakota shot and killed a man who was wanted in a homicide in South Carolina
The man was convicted in April 1984 on two counts of receiving stolen goods
The fugitive escaped from a state prison by sawing through prison bars and cutting through a fence
Suspect was armed with a handgun and exchanged gunfire with the officers
The fugitive is accused of shooting at police in two states
The fugitive was arrested by immigration authorities in Mexico
Authorities have not revealed what it was due to ongoing investigation