‘Ambush-Style’ Attacks on Law Enforcement Skyrocketing in 2021: Union
September 3, 2021 | Colorado
The number of “ambush-style” attacks on law enforcement officers has leapt this year, a national police union says.
Data show 83 officers were shot in 67 separate ambush-style attacks between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, according to the National Fraternal Order of Police.
That’s up 148 percent from the same time period last year.
“It’s just a massive increase,” Joe Gamaldi, vice president of the union and a Houston police sergeant, told The Epoch Times.
Officers can be ambushed when people make a fake 911 call in an attempt to lure them to an area and attack them. One such attack unfolded in Arvada, Colorado, in June, leaving police officer Gordon Beasley dead. Another took place in Nashville in June… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
