Standoff Situations
The Standoff Situations topic page offers a variety of tactical tips and strategic concepts to make sure the innocents are spared, the subject is secured, and the officers go home safely. When a suspect is barricaded in place, many things must happen for a successful resolution, such as setting up outer and inner perimeters, and making contact with the subject.
In a surprise move, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently voted to allow San Francisco PD to deploy robots equipped to deliver lethal force
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Inmates who were in single and double cells were moved to a communal setting and about 20 “ringleaders” decided to “stir the pot” in protest
Officers talked with the man with help from negotiators; after a nearly six-and-a-half-hour standoff, he agreed to surrender
Video from several officers shows the standoff and shooting involving an escaped parolee
CHP officer is listed in stable condition after a shooting that killed one hostage and wounded another at a park
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Negotiators successfully ended a standoff with an armed woman in a car
TikTok video shows the driver calmly walking past patrol vehicles and up a driveway
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A gunman, who left no indication on why he opened fire, fatally shot himself while he was barricaded in his girlfriend’s home
The suspect, whose body was later found inside a building by an LAPD robot, had a history of convictions including battery on an officer
Deputies used several PIT maneuvers, a drone, and tear gas to apprehend a suspected DUI driver
Mayor Karen Bass visited the officers in the hospital and said they were concerned about their fellow officers more than themselves
Officers sent a robot into a crawlspace and found signs the suspect was burrowed deep underneath a house
As officers pursued the suspect, he ran into the golf course, began shooting at golfers and stole their cart before a standoff began with police
The suspect, who had been barricaded in an apartment for about 33 hours and was wanted in connection with a shooting the previous day, was fatally shot by deputies
After striking the PD’s security door with a chainsaw, the man drove home when police arrived and began “dangling a pair of young children from a window”
The suspect waited for officers to round a corner near an apartment building, striking one several times
The situation began when officers were called regarding a suicidal man parked outside a government building in Mobile
The Rook is outfitted with bulletproof glass and heavy-duty armor to protect against incoming gunfire
The device captured footage during the standoff when Devin Weiland shot at the drone and at an armored vehicle brought into the area to deploy tear gas
Deputies Jonathan Randall Koleski and Marshall Samual Ervin Jr. will be honored at separate services
“In plain terms, it’s very simple. My two deputies were ambushed this evening and killed,” Sheriff Craig Owens said
Police have not said why Reginald Smith, who retired from the CDCR in 2002, shot at police and refused to surrender
“She was able to figure out how to put a round in it, put it on fire and she fired approximately 10 rounds at our deputies and a civilian,” police said
“I said to him: ‘I’m not gonna let you die.’ I created a friendship at that moment,” said Miguel Sanchez
The shooting began when police responded to a dispute between two brothers, one armed with a handgun
Deputy Aaron Tyndall was transported to a hospital, but is responsive and alert
Sgt. Matthew Fishman, 38, died after he was shot while serving involuntary commitment papers
Frankie, a 10-year-old Belgian Malinois, is the first MSP canine to be killed in the line of duty
“My kids are right there!” a woman shouts. Two toddlers emerge from behind an apartment door, one wearing a diaper, and the officers help them down a stairwell
The suspect agreed to release his hostage on one condition: a news crew would broadcast his complaints
Jayme Lopez escaped officers, acquired a firearm and got into a shootout with police at an apartment complex
