By Police1 Staff
A brutal attack on a Colorado police officer is just the latest incident in the disturbing trend of tricking cops into life-threatening situations. From setting booby traps to luring cops into ambushes via hoax 911 calls, take a look at these five stories of traps suspects set for responding officers and tell us what steps you take to stay safe.
 | Colo. cop’s head sliced open, cruiser stolen after helping ‘stranded’ driver As the officer went to help, the driver “tackled him from behind and struck him with a sharp object.” |
 | Calif. suspect lures cop out of squad, attacks him The officer got out of his vehicle to help the suspect who falsely reported a gunman was in the area. |
 | 2 Fla. cops shot after 911 call lures them into home A 59-year-old man who asked for help in a 911 call fired gunshots at police officers as they arrived. |
 | Colo. cops angry ‘as hell’ over booby traps Theater shooter James Holmes rigged his apartment with explosives aimed at killing first responders. |
 | Calif. man sentenced in booby trap police attacks In one foiled plot, natural gas was rerouted into the office of a gang task force and rigged to explode. In another, a training rocket was fired from the roof of a market and started a small fire. |