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.
“Train to the point where your training automatically kicks in when the situation starts,” says Sergeant Nick Bettano
Working with schools to develop a plan for initial protective actions during emergencies, like active shooter events
Former head of the FBI’s active shooter program Katherine Schweit shares an insider look at what we know about mass shooters
The push to have an armed police officer at every school in New York state is being renewed in the wake of the Florida high school shooting
President Trump said the LEO who didn’t stop the gunman who carried out last week’s Florida massacre was either a “coward” or “didn’t react properly under pressure”
Majory Stoneman Douglas High School is reopening for teachers as the community grappled with word that the armed officer on campus did nothing to stop the shooter
An advocacy group for police officers assigned to secure the nation’s schools has a simple message about arming teachers: Don’t do it
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School officer has resigned
Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell said he was grateful his officers had the chance to head off a potential tragedy
The union president says officers should be allowed to carry their service weapons inside school buildings
The Broward School District’s security cameras did not provide real-time video for police
Sheriff Scott Israel said deputies assigned to school campuses will now be allowed to carry rifles on school grounds
President Donald Trump wants to show that he has been swayed by the school shooting in Florida and was willing to listen to proposals
The proposal would allow teachers to carry concealed pistols in school if they undergo 40 hours of LE training with the Alabama Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission
Nearly every school attack has been preceded by many warning signs
In a video, the sheriff urged local schools to act now to improve school security
Global orders for bullet-resistant school supplies have been coming in “fast and furious” since the Valentine’s Day massacre
A teen at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School faces a “long road ahead” after he was hit five times
So far, the anti-bleeding kits are in about 345 school buildings where teachers and police have completed training in about 70 school districts
The school board decided the officers will supplement its existing staff of 71 security guards, who are all retired LEOs
Two South Florida police chiefs want weapons like AR-15s out of the hands of civilians
President Donald Trump on Monday announced willingness to consider a modest gun-control proposal introduced last year
The fate of the shooter will depend on his mental state and the wishes of the victims’ families
Florida’s child welfare agency investigated the suspect in a school shooting that killed 17 people after he cut himself in an online video but found him stable
Now that there is a little deeper understanding of the legal parameters, police agencies are beginning to adopt the technology
The proposed revision of the law says a person is presumed justified in using force if they reasonably believe someone is about to seriously harm a church member
A person who was close to Nikolas Cruz called the FBI’s public tip line on Jan. 5 and provided information about Cruz’s guns and his erratic behavior
Assistant football coach Aaron Feis, who also worked as the school’s security guard, was shot to death while shielding students from bullets
First responders need to open lines of communication and share knowledge, experience and resources so we can coalesce all of our assets
We need to remove the obstacles that prevent us from learning and improving our teams, capabilities and operational success
I have taken the pledge long ago that if I am ever once again in a position to do so I will move to stop the killing immediately
If we want to make a dent in mass shootings like the one in Florida, we need to fix our mental health system
The shooting was the nation’s deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut
MOST POPULAR
- Armed response in plainclothes: 3 safety tips for when police arrive
- Long-term active shooter aftermath: Inside Nashville PD’s ongoing wellness program
- 7 church security team responsibilities
- 2 students, 2 teachers killed, 14-year-old charged in Ga. school shooting
- Lessons learned from 7 years of active shooter response training