Active Shooter
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Authorities said a 22-year-old man named as a person of interest in the shooting was taken into police custody Monday evening
Every campus-based law enforcement agency must examine its active shooter response training and response protocols to a school shooting
Yet experts agree that bans are unlikely to deter mass shooters from using tactical equipment, a report says
“I don’t think we need to complicate the situation by putting more guns into the school,” said Chief John Barber
Initial responding officers must evaluate quickly, move to the sound of the guns, gathering intelligence on the move
The brothers wanted to honor Officer John Painter, who died alongside Campus Safety Officer J.J. Jefferson in February
A recently passed bill that will allow armed school employees in Ohio has sparked controversy and debate among police and teacher unions
A disturbing attack in Vermont, an officer reflects on the Surfside tragedy and more from this week’s news
The school district’s superintendent said he put Pete Arredondo on leave because the facts of the police response remain unclear
The time has come for all law enforcement agencies to greatly expand their breaching tools and related training programs
Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, called the police response an “abject failure”
A new law barring sales of “bullet-resistant soft body armor” to most non-law enforcement has confused retailers
The 70-year-old gunman sat by himself during a church dinner before killing three people
The Behavioral Threat Assessment Team will monitor social media and investigate potential threats, said the Erie County Sheriff’s Office
Sgt. Phillip Martin was shot and wounded after a gunman went on a rampage, killing three coworkers last week
Police responded to a report of an armed man inside a fieldhouse with 150 children
Chief Pete Arredondo says he did not consider himself the incident commander. “I didn’t issue any orders,” he said
The suspect fled and was tracked down by state troopers, leading to a shootout
A team of nine, including current and former law enforcement officials, will review the police response to the mass shooting
“Almost all of us, at one point or another, had to go back to our patrol car and just cry for a little bit,” one officer recalled
School administrators say the officers will keep students safer and improve security measures
The board called the project a dangerous idea that was “trading on the tragedy” of the Uvalde shooting
Chief Pete Arredondo was unaware students were still alive and calling 911 from inside the classroom, said State Sen. Roland Gutierrez
Officials hope the virtual training will prepare deputies for a real, worst-case scenario
Hospitals, like schools, are not typically designed to guard against the threat of a determined gunman
Read about an off-duty CBP agent’s heroic actions, police pursuits in Washington state and more from this week’s news
The TASER Drone is under development and will be a non-lethal, remote operable way to stop active shooters, Axon says
In a note, the gunman said he blamed his surgeon for ongoing back pain
Sen. Roland Gutierrez called it a “system failure” that calls weren’t communicated to embattled Chief Pete Arredondo
Jacob Albarado is speaking publicly for the first time about what he saw that tragic day
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