Active Shooter
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For more than two decades, Police1 has delivered training content for LEOs. We asked our long-time columnists to discuss how police training has evolved during that time
From a daring ocean rescue to taking down an active shooter, Officer Jonathan Wiese is grateful he’s lived up to his nickname: Johnny-on-the-spot
If you think so, you are out of your mind
Most of the advances in tactics, techniques, procedures, equipment and training have come about in response to attacks that exposed weaknesses in police preparations
A long gun without a sling makes as much sense as a handgun without a holster
The majority of mass murder attacks occur at gun free zones and these soft targets are precisely what killers want — arming teachers may help end violence in schools
The Hanover School District 28 board voted 3-2 Wednesday night to allow school employees to volunteer to be armed on the job after undergoing training
Acting on a tip, police in Tonkawa executed a search warrant Sunday at the girl’s home and seized handguns and rifles, ammunition, and the girl’s personal writings
It’s unreasonable to expect the media to totally anonymize killers like the monster who unleashed hell at Sandy Hook, but we must devalue them in our coverage
Officer Dave Boucher thought he was prepared for an active shooter call — until it happened at the school where his son attends seventh grade
Visualization techniques help prepare police officers for rapid reaction during high stress, critical incidents
A bell rang 14 times in memory of each person slain in the terror attack that also wounded 22 others at the Inland Regional Center
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
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