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 First 12 Minutes, developed by the City of Falls Church, Va., provides training to administrators, teachers and school staff
A Florida woman traveled to Colorado to possibly carry out a Columbine-inspired attack, which ended in her suicide. Could red flag laws have prevented this?
When responding to an active shooter incident, you need the right stuff, you need to take out the right target and you need to address the threat right now
Karl Pierson, 18, had a previous altercation with a teacher at the school; student alerted the teacher that he was armed
Surrounding schools are on lockdown as authorities investigate; police believe the gunman killed himself
In committing his unspeakable crime in Newtown, did Adam Lanza also reshape our approach to preventing — and responding to — active shooters in schools?
With the release of the preliminary report on the Newtown massacre, we can assess what could and couldn’t have saved lives
In Police1 “First Person” essays, Police1 Members candidly share their own unique personal insights on issues confronting cops today, as well as opinions, observations, and advice on living life behind the thin blue line
Nancy Lanza knew her son needed help. Part one of a two-part series.
The after-hours NYPD exercise at Kings Plaza in Brooklyn was intended to test officers’ ability to thwart rampaging gunmen in a crowded public setting
From horror came despair and, soon, attempts at moving beyond one of the nation’s deadliest shootings
An active shooter incident preempted and averted in Bartlesville (Okla.) provides a template for near-perfect threat response
James Comey stopped in at the New Haven field office Friday with a message that the agency stands ready to help local and state law enforcement
On Dec. 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire on a train car filled with commuters, killing 6, wounding 19
One caller told police in a trembling, breathless voice that a gunman was shooting inside the building
Experts say that those who carry out horrific acts pick their dates very carefully, and that anniversaries may serve as a blueprint for evil
William Dong, 22, also had newspaper clippings about the Colorado theater shooting at his home; school was put into lockdown earlier this week after he was spotted
The student was shot during an argument with another boy, he’s in critical condition but expected to survive
The AP will review the tapes’ content and determine what might meet its standards before releasing material
SWAT teams searching the Ivy League campus did not find a gunman after a room-by-room search and the lockdown was lifted
Investigators found no evidence he ever told others of his intentions to carry out such an attack
When a 20-year-old white male stepped through the door with an assault rifle, it turned out to be a lucky night for police and patrons at New Jersey’s largest shopping mall
Hernandez lay on the floor for 33 minutes before he was rushed to an ambulance, but he died between 2 and 5 minutes
A summary of the long awaited state police report will be released on Nov. 25
Chilling video of man dressed in black, wearing a helmet and carrying a large gun caught on surveillance
The security director had the staff trained on what to do in the event of an active shooter because hospitals are vulnerable
A man armed with a handgun was shot and killed by police after he had attempted to rob a motorist at gunpoint
Judge Eliot Prescott said he will listen to the recordings, then issue a decision at a hearing scheduled for Nov. 25
He crawled into a closet and used a sweatshirt as a tourniquet to stop his leg from bleeding
20-year-old apparently intent upon dying began firing semi-automatic weapon shortly after entering
Urban Shield is designed to strengthen preparedness— whether for a natural disaster, a terrorist attack, or a lone gunman in an elementary school
An armed man was spotted on the campus of Central Connecticut State University on Monday, prompting a schoolwide lockdown
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