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.
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
While I still feel being a little over-gunned is better, my personal active shooter response “kit” has shrunk dramatically
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
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
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