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.
A recent documentary features the words of the officers who responded to the shooting, as well as a multitude of recordings of 911 callers and radio transmissions made during the event. Here’s what we can learn
“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
“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
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
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