Active Shooter
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Tips for police officers in their quest to make the SWAT team in their department
The project allows local police and law enforcement partners to take a proactive role in providing comprehensive training and support to different entities in their community
When a young man with harmful intentions is persuaded to seek help, a Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management team’s prompt intervention illustrates their essential function
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
Capt. Richard Meulenberg said multiple people were wounded and the medical complex was a “catastrophic scene”
Conflicting reports from the Texas DPS and Chief Pete Arredondo has added to ongoing confusion in the aftermath of the deadly school shooting
“That is not going to happen in New York,” said Mayor Eric Adams about the delayed police response in Uvalde
A door that was meant to lock did not lock properly on the day a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers
Researchers have identified the Mass Attacks Defense Chain, a series of defenses to reduce the probability of mass attacks
Pete Arredondo made the “wrong decision” to wait for a tactical team, said the head of Texas DPS last week
“This student’s behavior is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” said Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno
In the hours and days following the shooting, authorities gave shifting information of what happened and how they responded
Such a review is somewhat rare and most after-action reports after a mass shooting are generally compiled by local law enforcement or outside groups
The on-site commander, according to DPS Director Steven McGraw, thought “they had time to organize,” but McGraw said this “was the wrong decision”
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