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.
This webinar will outline the steps to conducting meetings and deciding on roles, responsibilities and procedures to developing tabletop exercises and small-scale training drills, and eventually graduating to full-scale training exercises that involve realistic role players and responses for active shooter response
This lightweight, gimmick-free shield, is designed to protect an individual officer on the move from rifle rounds
Even if a detailed plan for every contingency isn’t possible, just having the idea of what might happen can lessen the shock and improve response
All three officers have been treated and released from the hospital
Police fatally shot a gunman who had taken hostages at a Georgia dermatology office
An armed man who held two women hostage for several hours at a UPS facility was shot and killed by police
The Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment (EDGE) is a free virtual training platform funded by DHS
Police say the suspect was apparently shot and injured, but the women were unharmed
The continuing challenge with preparation for attacks like Parkland is that each is unique enough to defy any template for prevention and response
The program is intended to teach first responders how to care for themselves after crisis events and recognize peers who may have PTSD
Both The Miami Herald and South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that Israel has told his staff he expects to be removed
The police can be part of the solution, even if they aren’t part of the action
We might want SWAT at every public venue, but we just don’t have the money and resources to do it
From active shooter response protocols to screening processes for new recruits, police leaders will face many challenges in the coming year
Criminal action, accidents and heart attacks continue to lead the list this year
From lip sync battles to policing the homeless to immigration enforcement, 2018 was a big year for issues in law enforcement
The wound treatment videos Joe Gomez watched on YouTube led to him saving a YouTube employee’s life
It’s critical that we ask and answer the questions that arise from this new information
New documents from the investigation into the massacre are shedding light on the gunman’s anger
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Despite an extraordinary series of blunders leading to the bloodshed at the Parkland school, it has taken nine months to bring repercussions over errors
For months, Broward schools delayed or withheld records, refused to publicly assess the role of employees, spread misinformation and even sought to jail reporters
The money from the Justice Department will defray costs of counseling, therapy, rehabilitation, trauma recovery and legal aid for thousands of people affected by the massacre
The gunman had gotten into a tactical position when police arrived and fired on them, killing one officer
Police Chief Mark Gordon suggested professors throw pucks to protect themselves in the event of a shooting on the weapons-free campus
Incels have been linked to multiple acts of mass violence over the past few years
There were indications the gunman wanted to kill even more people, including an account from one witness who said he tried to enter the locked room in which she was hiding
A bullet lodged in the officer’s holster, preventing what could have been a severe wound
An official said investigators did not know if there was more than one gunman and had no suspect descriptions so far
Rams officials moved the game to LA from Mexico City and gave away more than 1,000 tickets to those affected by the past week’s tragedies
The shooting occurred Monday in a neighborhood of new apartment buildings, restaurants and bars
One police officer was in critical condition after being shot
Authorities identified the gunman as Juan Lopez, who killed a doctor, a pharmacy resident and Officer Samuel Jimenez
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