Active Shooter
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“This is about the opportunity to function as a guardian before we have to function as a warrior.”
What local officials said would take 20 years to fund and build, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundation accomplished in three years
This recent tragedy underscores the need for police to advance their readiness against hybrid active killers
Chief Pedro Lopez said his 200 officers need ballistic shields, rifles and ammunition in order to stop a school shooter
An interview with six officers on duty that night was released on the three-year anniversary of the mass shooting
The panelists and their law enforcement escorts will be accompanied into the building
Enhancing individual and organizational performance is founded upon full comprehension of the “how” and “why” performance did not meet expectations
The article discussed small town PDs in the US and the disastrous response in Uvalde as though they were related
This Southern California agency is implementing early intervention to prevent potential school safety threats from materializing into violence
Robert Crimo has been indicted by a grand jury on 21 first-degree murder counts, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery
Two Coral Springs officers and a Broward County sheriff’s deputy told of finding dead, dying and wounded students and staff members
The frequency of lockdowns and security alerts – nearly 50 between February and May – may have created a “diminished sense of vigilance”
The announcement appeared to widen the fallout of an 80-page report released over the weekend by the Texas House
The accused gunman in the July 4 Highland Park shooting was issued a FOID despite police calls to his home months earlier
“Many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible armed citizen,” Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said
“I had in my mind [that] I was going to get shot. I just had to bear the pain,” Sgt. Kendrick Simpo recalled
The city will investigate whether Lt. Mariano Pargas was responsible for taking command and what specific actions he took to establish that command
A report by an investigative committee from the Texas House of Representatives is the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement
“When you are unable to run away or find a hiding place, you need to find a way to act and to fight back.”
An officer who was criticized for checking his phone had been trying to contact his dying wife, a Texas lawmaker said
The video shows parts of the 80 minutes that passed between the gunman walking into the school to when he was fatally shot
Authorities have received a renewed push to share the 77-minute video
The document contains a detailed timeline of the incident, including a discussion about breaching assessment and opportunities
Protecting our communities from threats takes intense effort, rational behavior and logical thinking
“A reasonable officer would have considered this an active situation and devised a plan to address the suspect,” read the report
The suspect told police he had contemplated another shooting after opening fire on a July 4 parade in Illinois
A “hero citizen” overheard a conversation about planning a mass shooting and called police to report it, police said
Police said they were called to the suspect’s home in September 2019 after a family member called to say he was threatening “to kill everyone” there
Researchers have identified a series of defenses that work together to reduce the probability of mass attacks
The gunman opened fire from a rooftop and evaded initial capture by dressing as a woman, police said
The amount and specificity of specific skills training must be increased in regularity and intensity for all sworn officers from recruit to chief of police
Following the Uvalde school shooting, the question of whether teachers should carry firearms is in the news again
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