Active Shooter
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Julie Parker speaks with PIO Dionne Waugh about the media communications surrounding a mass shooting that claimed the life of 10, including Officer Eric Talley
A New York state police officer participates in training with the local school district
The FBI acknowledged it failed to investigate the tip about Nikolas Cruz, but a transcript provides the fullest glimpse yet into the seriousness of the woman’s concerns
The idea of arming teachers to take out a shooter is alarming some LE experts, who say it takes more than just being a good shot at a firearm range
If the federal government can do one thing, it is to engage researchers to do deep data mining of every thwarted, attempted, interrupted, or successful school attack
Officer Scot Peterson is currently under investigation for failing to engage the shooter during the mass killing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
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
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