Active Shooter

Fire, EMS and law enforcement personnel can play an important role in the layers of safety that protect religious gatherings in the event of an emergency

Officers were shot or threatened with a gun four times in August and eight times in 2023 so far — that's more than the previous two years combined

Body camera footage shows dozens of officers and a SWAT team attempting to stop the shooter and rescue a wounded woman

Students and faculty at the flagship campus barricaded themselves in dorm rooms, offices and classrooms for hours until a lockdown was lifted

“We did give him every opportunity to surrender,” Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Chief Larry Scirotto said

Once a firearm has been identified, alerts are dispatched, including the last known location of the shooter, to school staff and law enforcement

With hundreds, if not thousands, of calls coming in at once, a real-time crime center or emergency communications center could benefit from these two things

How can we avoid the most common planning errors in anticipation of the unthinkable?

Police Chief Neil Noakes said the community refused to let the violence stop it from celebrating; Hundreds turned out for the parade less than 12 hours later

"In reality, in the 2020s, if we are not looking at the digital footprint of a student of concern, we are really not doing a comprehensive threat assessment."

After the mass shooting on July 1, 1993, with the help of SWAT teams, SFPD changed how it approached skyscraper shootings — clear the tower room by room

A shooter wearing a ballistic vest and carrying a police scanner opened fire seemingly at random, killing four people and wounding two boys

To the officer who stopped the killing, we thank you for inspiring the entire law enforcement profession with your determined, courageous and effective response

If you are honest enough to admit you do not possess an open mind, then aggressively strive to develop one

Strategies should include reporting the signs, anonymous tip lines and behavioral threat assessments