Less-Lethal

Wake Forest, NC, police end standoff with a flashbang grenade.
Wake Forest police needed to detonate a flashbang grenade when an uncooperative domestic dispute suspect exited an apartment following an hourslong standoff.
Feb. 6, 2026
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LAPD officers arrive to push back demonstrators outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building on Sept. 1, 2025 in Los Angeles.
Jan. 20, 2026
Responding to a 9-1-1 text, Phoenix police shot and wounded a man with a machete after the suspect allegedly held a toddler hostage during a domestic violence incident.
Oct. 9, 2025
A Miami Beach police officer required stitches after being headbutted while trying to arrest a suspect armed with a knife and carrying accelerant who was acting erratically and threatening to set himself on fire.
Sept. 16, 2025
After Leading Aurora Police On A Chase, A Cornered Car Theft Suspect Told Officers He Would Give Up Once He Finished A Cigarette That He Lit Up
Aug. 29, 2025
A Woman's Frantic 9 1 1 Texts About A Break In Helped St Johns County Sheriff's Deputies Take Down A Man Armed With A Machete Who Allegedly Threatened To Kill The Woman And Tried To Set Her House On Fire
Aug. 5, 2025
A Montgomery County Police Sergeant Deployed A Taser To Force A 47 Year Old Germantown Man To Drop A Knife He Was Holding On His 9 Year Old Son As He Was Threatening To Kill Him
Aug. 1, 2025
An Amherst Police Officer Fought With A Suspect Wielding Two Knives During A Domestic Disturbance Call At A Home When The Man Climbed Out A Back Window And Attacked Police Before He Was Shot And Wounded
July 18, 2025
A Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Was Checking On A Man Walking Along The Highway When The Individual Shot A Flare And Then Began Removing His Pants And Throwing Money At The Deputy
July 10, 2025

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