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.
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PDs have taken to social media to address community concerns about school safety and stress the importance of “see something, say something”
“When you are dealing with things like a mass casualty with children, it is going to penetrate your armor.”
The conclusion from examining these incidents is that good citizens, many of whom are lawfully armed, save lives in active shooter attacks
SRO John Barnes was wounded while confronting the gunman in the May 18 shooting at Santa Fe High School that killed 10 people
The number of public safety agencies with drones has more than doubled since the end of 2016
Three people were shot and wounded at an Oklahoma City restaurant and one person was injured while fleeing before the gunman was shot dead by two armed citizens
Police said the suspect is believed to have acted alone and was taken into custody
One Las Vegas officer feared he was facing a fully stocked assault team with tactical gear during the shooting
What started with a Facebook post by Chief Art Acevedo has escalated into a full-on war of words with the nation’s gun lobby
While no one wants to fault a hero for showing up to help, there are diminishing returns when self-deployed responders arrive immediately after an event
Police said numerous rounds of gunfire were directed at law enforcement agents
After years of resistance, law enforcement is coming to realize it needs a proven program management tool to help agencies coordinate response
The sheriff said officers isolated the suspect and “gave the opportunity for the other officers to continue to evacuate the school”
Among the biggest unknowns is when the confrontation began between police and Dimitrios Pagourtzis
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said more needs to be done to keep shooters away from students
The task of directing hundreds of students to staging points can put students in a tactically indefensible condition
The suspect is being held without bond in the Galveston County jail on capital murder charges
Scot Peterson, the sheriff’s deputy vilified for failing to confront the Parkland school shooter, began to receive his pension in April
“He went to the fight. He was willing to give up his life to save as many children as possible,” said Chaplain Monty Montgomery
Police Director Juan Perez said the gunman tried to engage officers “in some kind of ambush-type attack”
A SRO who was shot in the arm when he engaged a gunman during the shooting is undergoing surgery
Dallas is credited with stopping a shooting at Dixon High School in Illinois
In this free eBook, you’ll learn best practices to effectively respond to a variety of mass gathering events
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Even though Jack Sawyer made elaborate plans and purchased weapons and ammo to shoot up a school, attempted murder and assault charges were dropped because of an over-century old Vermont law
Here’s how to integrate the NFPA 3000 Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response Program standard into your agency’s training and response plans
The shooter killed 58 people and injured hundreds more from the windows of his hotel suite last fall
Crisis actors do exist – just not the ones popularized by conspiracy Twitter
Following the horrific Parkland school shooting, a renewed discussion is occurring over the strategy and tactics around solo officer active shooter response
The standard includes guidance on unified planning, response and recovery guidance and civilian and responder safety considerations
“He let my daughter get shot nine times at point-blank range,” Andrew Pollack said
In the event of an MCI, there may be a number of victims who require immediate treatment to stop life-threatening hemorrhaging
