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.
A disturbing attack in Vermont, an officer reflects on the Surfside tragedy and more from this week’s news
The time has come for all law enforcement agencies to greatly expand their breaching tools and related training programs
Read about an off-duty CBP agent’s heroic actions, police pursuits in Washington state and more from this week’s news
A campus security monitor told detectives he saw Nikolas Cruz get out of an Uber with a large bag and make “a beeline” toward the freshman building
The LE response to an active shooter at YouTube’s HQ illustrates why all officers need tactical training
Scot Peterson, who was widely criticized for not confronting the gunman in the deadly Parkland shooting, said he remains haunted by the massacre
The officer was wounded while pursuing a hit-and-run suspect who pointed a weapon at officers and was eventually arrested on the roof of a parking structure
A deputy fire chief repeatedly asked a Broward County Sheriff’s commander for permission to send his medics inside the school during the shooting, but was rebuffed
Officer Mark Dallas, who confronted a gunman at a high school gym, was honored by having his own day named after him
Some of the recommendations in the plan include more than $120 million in funding for increased LE presence in schools and training for armed marshals
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
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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
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