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.
Each active shooter incident has its own fingerprint that law enforcement can learn from
Implementing a flexible response policy is key to effective management of critical events
The First 12 Minutes, developed by the City of Falls Church, Va., provides training to administrators, teachers and school staff
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
A duffel bag also contained a handwritten letter stating he’d “made the conscious decision to try to kill” multiple TSA employees and that he wanted to “instill fear in their traitorous minds”
Gerardo I. Hernandez, 39, became the first TSA officer in the agency’s 12-year history to be killed in the line of duty
The gunman opened fire early Friday morning, forcing an evacuation of Terminal 3
Behind the scenes with the countless volunteers who make Urban Shield training so valuable — ‘victims’ will never fully know the good they did this weekend
Scenario #19 at Urban Shield 2013 challenged the competing SWAT teams to incorporate personnel from the Fremont (Calif.) Fire Department into their plans to deal with an active shooter
Students returning to school for the first time since last week’s shooting will be greeted by extra police officers
The wounded — a major and a sergeant major who had both served overseas — were expected to be released from a Memphis hospital soon
A Navy recruiter who had been relieved of duty shot two people at a Navy base north of Memphis
When naming Abington, Pennsylvania as one of the top 100 places to live, Money Magazine identified safety and education as the top two aspects of their evaluation
45-year-old former serviceman Michael Landsberry was killed trying to protect students from gunfire
Shooting occured after the 65-year-old man had an argument with his girlfriend
The violence erupted around 7:15 a.m., shortly before classes began Monday
Attorney General says local police must sometimes be the first law enforcement officers to fire back in mass shootings
The defense said court orders used to obtain emails were too broad
Each faces five counts of shooting with intent to kill plus firearms charges for the shooting at a New Years event
Taking on two squads of attackers who are likely to be trained in military tactics will be daunting for an unprepared police officer
Sheriff’s spokesman Chris Curtice said shots were still fired when deputies arrived
Staff within the Capitol were warned to stay indoors and away from windows as police locked down the area
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