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.
Addressing new commonalities and trends in mass shooting incidents
Julie Parker speaks with Deputy Chief Chris Covelli of the Lake County (Ill.) Sheriff’s Office about the media response to the shooting that left 7 dead and 30 wounded
People too often discuss this controversial topic with emotional feelings or political motivations instead of facts, logic and reasoning
The gunman who opened fire on a California food festival killed himself after officers shot him multiple times
The 19-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Northern California food festival was “kind of a loner” and much of his life was shrouded in mystery, the FBI said
While authorities are still seeking a motive for the killings, the gunman had posted white supremacist views
The shooter cut through a fence and opened fire on a crowd, killing three people, including a 6-year-old boy, and wounding about 15 others
The shooting occurred during an annual garlic festival that attracts more than 100,000 people
Man shot multiple people Thursday during a deadly 12-hour rampage across Los Angeles’ sprawling San Fernando Valley
Hundreds of workers in the building were not told about the training class. Nor were police
The agency provides 93 recommendations in a newly released after-action review
The Secret Service studied 27 incidents where a total of 91 people were killed and 107 more injured in public spaces in 2018
The lawsuit is the latest case to challenge a federal law shielding gun manufacturers from liability
Union does not believe the officer should have been fired and is fighting to get him reinstated
Two other deputies were fired earlier this month for neglect of duty
The gunman, who had just been fired from the dealership, fatally shot two employees before killing himself
The gunman had stashed two rifles, a shotgun and a handgun in different rooms and opened fire as officers knocked on the door
The LEO was fatally shot by a gunman who opened fire during a domestic violence call
The officer died hours after a gunman opened fire on her during a domestic disturbance call
According to police, the injuries were serious but not life-threatening
Although the shooting occurred prior to the widespread adoption of the phrase “active shooter,” this attack is instructive on many levels
A bomb squad later performed controlled explosions on a vehicle associated with the gunman as a precaution
An off-duty LEO was among three people injured during a shooting inside a California Costco that killed one person
It takes a community to help a troubled kid – before they shoot up a school
On June 20, 1994, a mentally disturbed former airman traveled to Fairchild Air Force Base to kill the doctors who had tried to help him – Senior Airman Andy Brown stopped the killer
Authorities said he may have killed another man an hour earlier in apparently random attacks
The agents are trying to determine exactly what the shooter and four responding LEOs did inside the building
The man was arrested after arranging through an undercover agent to buy a pair of pistols whose serial numbers had been obliterated
Scot Peterson is no longer required to wear a GPS monitor and will be allowed to go to his home in North Carolina
The man set fire to several homes during the standoff before charging outside with a shotgun and being fatally shot
Defense attorney Joseph DiRuzzo III said Scot Peterson is being made a scapegoat
Each active shooter incident has its own fingerprint that law enforcement can learn from
Implementing a flexible response policy is key to effective management of critical events
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