Published reports of officers and families facing exposed information, harassment, and targeted threats.
Home addresses, phone numbers, and family connections are available to anyone that knows your name. These stories show how dangerous it's become for law enforcement
After receiving traffic tickets, a driver used search websites to look for the issuing trooper’s address. Hours later, he set fire to the trooper’s father’s occupied home, bringing the threat directly to the trooper’s family.
Read report · CBS New YorkAccording to a criminal complaint, a man threatened a Richfield sergeant after a traffic stop and referred to his wife and children. Hours later, a call to the sergeant’s personal phone and a text containing his home address led him to request police protection for himself and the people asleep inside.
Read report · MN CRIMEAn armed neighbor allegedly returned repeatedly to an Albuquerque officer’s family home with a rifle and threatened the family. The officer and his wife, who also works in law enforcement, told the court they feared for their young children’s safety.
Read report · KRQE News 13 / AOLThe Akron police union said a man stalked an officer following a 2024 arrest in a case whose charge was later dropped. FOX 8 reported that video showed a masked suspect smashing the officer’s home windows at 3:32 a.m., frightening his family in what the union described as retaliation.
Read report · FOX 8 Cleveland / AOLInvestigators alleged that a man appeared outside a state trooper’s home and made threats captured on video. The trooper had been a witness in a case connected to the man’s alleged gang, and police increased security at the residence.
Read report · CBS BostonPolice reported that a woman called an officer’s family member months after that officer arrested her. The alleged harassment extended the encounter into the officer’s personal life.
Read report · Suffolk County PoliceAccording to the district attorney’s office, a man angry over a DUI arrest found the CHP officer’s personal information and repeatedly called and texted him using concealed phone numbers. He sent the officer his exact family home address, contacted his sister-in-law, and warned that the officer and his family would face harm. A jury convicted him of felony stalking and misdemeanor annoying phone calls in September 2026.
Read report · BakersfieldNowA lawsuit described an online harassment campaign against an officer, his wife, and their daughter following a jaywalking citation. The accused man was later arrested within a mile of the officer’s home with a loaded revolver in his vehicle, according to the report.
Read report · POLICE MagazineA Perkasie man was accused of posting personal information and images of two officers and their families on social media. According to the reported affidavit, detectives investigated after a Hilltown officer and his family complained of targeted online harassment.
Read report · Bucks County Courier Times / PhillyBurbsDuring a livestream, viewers were asked to find a Denver police commander’s home address, which was then read aloud alongside a suggestion to gather there. Concerned for his family, the commander reported the broadcast; police increased patrols around his home and arranged a security camera.
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RiverNewsLive reported that a man allegedly went to an Elsberry officer’s private home three days after the officer arrested his adult son. He reportedly knocked forcefully and refused the officer’s wife’s request to leave, prompting the officer to come outside and repeatedly direct him off the property. The wife reportedly said she was afraid during the encounter.
Read report · RiverNewsLiveAccording to prosecutors’ filing reported by Patch, a driver arrested after a Joliet traffic stop allegedly told a trooper, “As soon as we’re done with this, I’m gonna kill you”. He also allegedly said, “All of your information is public, I’ll find all that, where you live, your wife, your kids”. It only takes one credible threat to change an officer’s personal life and a family’s sense of safety at home.
Read report · Joliet PatchDozens of protesters, including Ammon Bundy, gathered outside an officer’s residence after he arrested a woman at a closed playground. The confrontation moved from a public enforcement decision to the officer’s home.
Read report · KTVBFederal prosecutors alleged that threatening online posts targeted a local official, an officer, and their families. The posts included altered images, children’s names, and a believed home address, extending the targeting to their loved ones.
Read report · U.S. Department of JusticeA court heard that harassment targeted two officers, their partners, and judges, with children’s pictures posted online. Family members took extra safety precautions and described lasting fear.
Read report · CTV NewsProsecutors alleged that stolen medical-database records were used to publish private details of 38 law-enforcement officials, including home addresses and phone numbers. Dozens of people received harassing calls after their personal information was exposed.
Read report · NBC New YorkAfter a traffic stop, a caller allegedly threatened to expose a Champlin officer’s personal information. A later voicemail threatened the officer’s family, according to the criminal complaint.
Read report · FOX 9An ICE attorney’s home address was published with calls to send a false emergency response there. Federal prosecutors described a longer harassment campaign involving her family; the victim was a federal attorney, not a sworn officer.
Read report · U.S. Department of JusticeAfter a fatal police shooting, Longueuil police reported threats against their officers. One officer received online threats against himself and his family and was placed under protective measures.
Read report · CTV NewsReporting described officers being filmed and harassed at work, with names and complaint records posted alongside videos. The report documented online targeting but did not establish that their home addresses were published.
Read report · New York PostAfter deputies responded to reported gunfire and attempted an arrest, the suspect allegedly threatened to go to a deputy’s home after leaving jail and kill him and his family. According to the affidavit, the threats also extended to others at the scene.
Read report · Valley News LiveDoorbell video captured a man approaching a state trooper’s home, making threats, and pointing what appeared to be a gun toward the camera. A marked patrol vehicle sat in the driveway as the threat reached the trooper’s front door.
Read report · KOMO NewsA drive-by shooting repeatedly struck a police sergeant’s home, with surveillance footage capturing the gunfire and a vehicle leaving. Investigators said preliminary evidence suggested the residence was deliberately targeted.
Read report · KGUN 9Police alleged that repeated 911 calls threatened an officer who had filed charges in an earlier case and referenced where he lived. Officers from two departments watched over his home in response.
Read report · LevittownNowPolice investigated fire damage at a prison officer’s home, with no injuries reported. The Prison Officers’ Association warned that lives had been endangered and sought an urgent meeting about officers’ safety at home.
Read report · BBC NewsPolice alleged that a man blamed a chief for an earlier arrest and sought help killing him. Investigators described photographs, videos, and internet searches about the chief’s breaks and police response times as part of the alleged planning.
Read report · WBRE / 28/22 NewsFollowing a collision with the police chief’s unmarked car, a driver allegedly threatened the chief and his family while in custody. Police said the driver cited an earlier grievance.
Read report · WPRI 12Court documents connected a Park Police officer’s shooting to a suspect he had arrested the previous day. The officer was working undercover and following that suspect when gunfire erupted.
Read report · NBC WashingtonA gunman killed an officer and a civilian in a residential neighborhood in what law-enforcement sources described as an apparently targeted attack on police. The officer, Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, left behind a young child and a pregnant wife.
Read report · KSHB / CNNAn officer responding to a domestic incident became the target of alleged death threats from the man he was arresting. Police said the threats were directed at the officer taking him into custody.
Read report · Butler RadioFederal prosecutors alleged that online threats and posts encouraged physical attacks on ICE officers. The complaint also described publishing a separate pro-ICE individual’s family address; that person was not identified as an officer.
Read report · Associated Press / WITNDHS alleged a bounty system rewarding the collection of agents’ information, assaults, and killings, including a payment for doxxing. ABC reported these as agency claims, not independently established findings about every reported threat.
Read report · ABC NewsInvestigators said a judge’s home address was posted online after a widely covered bond ruling. Authorities implemented security measures and coordinated with the FBI to protect the judge, who was not a police officer.
Read report · FOX 4A councilman said 13 shots struck his front door while he and his eight-year-old son were home; neither was injured. A note opposing data centers was left outside, and police described the incident as targeted.
Read report · PBS / Associated PressShots were fired toward a county-commission candidate’s home while he and his family were inside; nobody was injured. Police said the attack appeared targeted, and the family described losing their sense of safety at home.
Read report · WBTVArlington police said a suspect obtained directions to federal official Russell Vought’s home and discussed soliciting his murder online. Days later, he allegedly appeared on the porch wearing a mask and gloves, possibly concealing a firearm; the target was a public official, not an officer.
Read report · CBS NewsDHS announced an arrest over an alleged plot against Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino. A federal jury later found the defendant not guilty.
Read report · Department of Homeland SecurityDHS alleged that a vehicle confrontation endangered federal agents and that one suspect had previously exposed officers’ information online. Prosecutors later asked to dismiss the related assault charges against two defendants, and a judge dismissed them.
Read report · Police1These are reported incidents, not a statistical measure of how often officers are targeted. Not every case involved information found online. Summaries focus on the threat and distinguish allegations from findings; material case updates are retained.
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