Active Shooter
The Active Shooter topic gives patrol officers and SWAT team members an invaluable resource to find news articles, tactical tips and expert commentary for active shooter response.
Exploring the indictment of Chief Pete Arredondo and the legal challenges in proving criminal negligence in the Uvalde school shooting case
Former head of the FBI’s active shooter program, Katherine Schweit, shares an insider look at how to prevent shootings and the role threat assessment teams play
There is no single answer to the cause of mass school shootings, but it goes much deeper and further than issues of gun control and mental illness
The shooter left behind a hand-written note offering his explanation for the shooting
The suspect had previously been let out on bail twice within a month-long period on separate domestic violence and attempted armed robbery charges
Police Chief Michael Sack said fast actions by a security guard, along with police officers who “ran to the gunfire” helped end the shooting before more people were killed or hurt
The gunman’s girlfriend, who had given birth to their child, said he told her “We are both going to die today” and “Whoever comes in this room is going to die with us”
The calls that came into dispatch centers across the state on Oct. 11 join a recent spate of false active shooter calls across the country
The gunman was on parole for aggravated robbery and had an active ankle monitor
No details were offered about the officer’s role at the scene of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School or the specific reason he was fired
Among the shooter’s victims were the shooter’s brother and off-duty Raleigh Raleigh Police Officer Gabriel Torres
“We need to do some reforms to be better serving victims of crimes and the families of victims of crimes.”
Two others, including a Raleigh Police Department K9 officer, were transported to a hospital
The jury said that it could not unanimously agree that the shooter should be executed
This webinar will outline the steps to conducting meetings and deciding on roles, responsibilities and procedures to developing tabletop exercises and small-scale training drills, and eventually graduating to full-scale training exercises that involve realistic role players and responses for active shooter response
Officials requested additional Texas DPS troopers to patrol schools during the transition after “recent developments” prompted the changes
A school police officer hired after the massacre was not only on campus during the May attack as a Texas state trooper, but under investigation over her actions
An armed man wounded one person in gunfire that led to evacuations and lockdowns in a popular dining and shopping area
The shooting began at a daycare center, then the assailant shot dead more people as he drove back to his house, where he killed his wife and child before taking his own life
This lightweight, gimmick-free shield, is designed to protect an individual officer on the move from rifle rounds
The shooter did extensive research on earlier killers to learn their methods and mistakes to shape his own plans
“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared. It didn’t hinder anyone on my team’s actions. We did what we had to do.”
Five years after the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, first responders have access to a 50,000-square-foot high-tech tactical training center
The four-part series includes stories from first responders and new footage from the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history
Hundreds of students went into lockdown as police swarmed the grounds searching for the shooter who is still at large
Police did not say whether the person killed was a patient, employee or visitor
Even if a detailed plan for every contingency isn’t possible, just having the idea of what might happen can lessen the shock and improve response
The hours-long rampage had police warning people across the city to shelter in place
Donald Ray Surrett Jr., 66, two-decade U.S. Army veteran, waited in his hiding spot until the gunman looked the other way
In social media posts, the gunman said he struggled to recover from pandemic isolation, expressed hatred for himself and indicated a planned school attack
The employee, who tried to disarm the gunman, was killed along with a customer in the market
The man showed up at Omaha Catholic Charities firing blanks and staging “victims” who appeared to have been wounded
Chief Pete Arredondo is the first officer dismissed over the law enforcement response to the May 24 tragedy
