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A Florida fire department is leading the way in bringing together first responders to train to respond to active shooter scenarios and other MCIs
The focus of a new Secret Service report is how to improve the willingness of students and others to report concerning behavior
Once you find a manifesto and begin to read, there will be little doubt in your mind as to the severity of the subject’s intended actions
The man wounded officers in two separate shootings, then barricaded himself inside a home and set it on fire
Guillermo “Memo” Garcia was with his family on the morning of the killings, fund-raising for his daughter’s soccer team in the store’s parking lot
A highly mobile killer went on a 60-mile, 12-hour spree that ended with 18 killed, including an RCMP constable
The man hijacked the bus with two people aboard leading officers on a pursuit that ended with the man killed and three officers wounded
The officer has been identified as Const. Heidi Stevenson, a mother of two and a 23-year veteran of the RCMP
A pilot study tested whether explosive detection K-9 teams could be an asset to law enforcement during an active shooter incident
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