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.
The rapid movement of the killer from one scene to the next made the attacks incredibly disorienting and highly complicated the police response
Capt. Michael Curry appreciates the realism, flexibility and cost savings offered by Laser Shot’s training simulator
Early and transparent communication among all who are likely to be involved in a school shooting incident is a primary factor in keeping schools safe
A FedEx employee wearing ammunition draped across his chest “like Rambo” opened fire Tuesday at a center outside Atlanta
Man suspected of wounding an officer while shooting up a Los Angeles police station died Thursday at a hospital more than two weeks after the attack
Claim alleges the city “failed to properly hire, supervise, train, staff, and plan for the protection and safety of individuals and personnel”
Law allows guns in bars without restriction and in some churches, schools and government buildings under certain circumstances
Unlike Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, or James Holmes at a movie theater in Colorado, or Jared Loughner outside an Arizona shopping center, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did not have discernable psychiatric diagnoses
It is not his proximity to death that day that occupied Keith’s thoughts during the ensuing months and years, nor even the question of why he lived and others didn’t
Part two of an active killers series explores behavioral cues of the dangerously mentally ill
Klebold and Harris managed to forever change the way law enforcement looked at active shooter situations
No policy or legislation could address even half of the unique circumstances of school murders
Security experts say the sad truth is that there is probably no practical way of preventing members of the armed forces or civilian employees from carrying guns onto big installations like Fort Hood
There are lessons to be learned from the murderous rampage this week at Fort Hood, but far too many people have failed to learn them before, and I’m not confident this tragedy will enlighten them now
If an active shooter is not stopped as they progress through the first four phases, the only way they can be stopped is by my version of gun control during the fifth phase — here’s my definition of gun control
A second mass shooting at the Texas military base has been linked to guns bought at the squat brick store
The soldier who killed three people at Fort Hood may have argued with another service member shortly before the attack
A soldier opened fire Wednesday on fellow service members at the Fort Hood military base, killing three people and wounding 16 before committing suicide
Even as they said criminal charges weren’t likely, police officials and others defended the department’s actions during a three-hour standoff
The hearing comes after the airport operator issued a report last week that highlighted significant lapses in the emergency response
Recommendation was one of 14 determined after a nationwide review of security at airports prompted by a fatal shooting at LAX
A report on the emergency response to a shooting last year at LAX cites serious shortcomings in communication between agencies
Thousands of Los Angeles International Airport workers had no idea what to do when a gunman opened fire last year in a terminal because they were inadequately trained
Some of the charities paying for mental health care for children and families affected by the Sandy Hook massacre are running short of money
“We need to make a stand right now that our schools need to be the most important thing we have in this country — not Wall Street, not Capitol Hill, our schools.” — Coach Frank Hall
Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, brought a Mossberg 500 series pump-action shotgun to a Md. mall, killing 2 then himself
Although many EMS staff feel we should never operate in an active shooter environment until police have removed the threat, delay places the wounded at greater risk
Four men who were originally detained are not believed to be suspects in the shooting
Upgrades in police training and weaponry have improved the confidence of several local school districts in their ability to respond to a school shooting
An LAX police dispatcher who received a call seconds after a gunman opened fire last year didn’t know where to send officers because no one was on the line
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