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.
Whether you are the school resource officer on campus or an off-campus responder, access to current information regarding a critical incident is essential
During an active shooter event or other act of mass violence, getting eyes on the scene is essential for command decisions
An arena wired with a range of leading-edge sensors including video, audio, particulate sensors and occupancy detectors demonstrates an essential use case
Eleven people were hurt, one critically, and police said they were investigating the possibility it was a terrorist attack.
Administrators and teachers would take a class before receiving the special permit
An unidentified woman called 911 saying that someone was in a room trying to shoot her
A man who gunned down a Southwest Airlines employee outside of Oklahoma City’s airport likely killed the victim in retaliation
In June 1994, a mentally unstable former airman killed five people and injured 22 others, and a reckless B-52 pilot took three other airmen with him when he crashed during air show practice
A man who entered a mental health facility stabbed six people before he was shot by police and taken into custody
Responding officers were tending to the victims when the gunman opened fire with an assault rifle
The shooting “had nothing to do with the ballot or voting”
As tactical teams move to the role of support units during an active shooter incident, the Rescue Task Force concept is evolving to become a key part of MCI response
Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren’t sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub
Four to six gunmen opened fire as they attacked a hostel at the police training center in a suburban area of the provincial capital of Quetta
Police should be trained in hemorrhage control and have tourniquets on them at all times
Simultaneous terrorist attacks are today’s reality, planning and training your police department for an effective response will save lives
Learning from an event and applying those lessons in training will improve your department’s future response
Authorities said the shooting began Wednesday afternoon at the teen’s house about 2 miles from rural Townville Elementary School
A teenager killed his father at their home Wednesday before going to a nearby elementary school and opening fire with a handgun, wounding two students and a teacher
As the small city an hour north of Seattle struggled to make sense of the carnage, an unsettling portrait emerged of the man authorities say was the shooter
A disgruntled lawyer wearing military-style apparel with old Nazi emblems had more than 2,500 rounds of live ammo when he randomly shot at drivers in a Houston neighborhood
A disgruntled lawyer who had numerous weapons randomly shot at drivers in a Houston neighborhood Monday morning
Authorities are looking for the gunman who shot and killed three people at a mall north of Seattle
An effective rescue task force response to reduce active shooter casualties starts with planning and training between all public safety responders
Paramedics entered the hot zone and retrieved the wounded cops during the active shooter incident
SWAT teams should keep a watchful eye on the future in order to prepare for the worst
Regional SWAT teams aren’t for every agency, but they can provide a great service to those who need it
If one truly understands the multiple roles of an officer, they will also understand the roles are not mutually exclusive and can coexist at the same time
When the public, the press and politicians say police don’t need tanks, these strategies can help you make that critical purchase
A female student shot another girl at Alpine High School before turning the gun on herself
Individual skills qualify a person for SWAT, but the ability to operate within a team during high-risk operations is what makes a person become SWAT
