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.
As a trainer, I must state unequivocally that the Nashville officers excelled in their response to this tragedy. And here is how they did this, by the numbers
“Through high-quality, repetitive training, we will become a safer country.”
“Prevention has to start before the gunman arrives. We need to pay a lot more attention to those people before they come to school with a gun.”
Deputy Police Chief Scott Gray is always armed off duty, just in case. When a 21-year-old man walked into a grocery store with a gun, Gray was ready
Officer Christopher Walsh was killed as he responded to an active shooting at a Springfield convenience store
These tactics and techniques have a broad application and are useful for many patrol scenarios
Authorities are still investigating the 2019 shooting as a possible act of terrorism
A gunman opened fire Wednesday at Milwaukee’s Molson Coors brewery complex, killing five people before taking his own life
In large-scale emergencies, police, fire, EMS, and a wide variety of other governmental organizations and private enterprises need to pull together
The officers were wounded after confronting an armed man inside a Walmart
Security companies are using police-like tactics to train churchgoers who fear the next attack could target their house of worship
Fire, EMS and law enforcement personnel can play an important role in the layers of safety that protect religious gatherings in the event of an emergency
Campus police are investigating the incident
Investigators are tracing the gun used in the shooting, which was found on the bus after the driver escorted the shooter off
Authorities haven’t released the names of the suspects or details about the cause of the shooting
Officials outlined a plan to establish a mobile precinct, conduct more patrols and work with federal prosecutors to keep shooters behind bars
Marquise Latrelle Tolbert and William Ray Tolliver are considered armed and dangerous, officials say
The suspect is presumed dead inside a home that burned after he stabbed his landlord and fatally ambushed two LEOs
Authorities have not released if the suspect was a student or what led to the arrest
An armed and trained security team is present at the First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth anytime the building is occupied
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said his department has enacted 84 of 93 recommendations
How public safety officials can prepare faith-based groups for the commonplace and out-of-the-ordinary incidents that might befall citizens in their houses of worship
Two armed congregants fatally shot the suspect within six seconds of him opening fire
The gunman opened fire inside a packed church, killing one and critically injuring another before the congregants shot and killed him
A group of males had been filming a music video in an office parking lot when shots were fired
With 2020 about to commence, Jim and Doug reflect on some of the topics that rose above the rest in the past 12 months
Here are the events and technologies the P1 team and our readership viewed as having the most significant impact on the profession in the last decade
Capt. Gary Winheim is in stable condition after exchanging shots with a suspect near a grocery store parking lot
The suspect was found dead in his room at an assisted-living complex
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As an educational tool, virtual training offers the opportunity for students to develop a variety of skills
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The officers were not injured after a man fired multiple rounds at their parked patrol vehicle
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