Active Shooter
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We might want SWAT at every public venue, but we just don’t have the money and resources to do it
From active shooter response protocols to screening processes for new recruits, police leaders will face many challenges in the coming year
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A state board voted Wednesday to allow 13 school districts in Arkansas to continue using teachers as armed guards
A school resource officer heard shots fired during a fire drill, a 15-year old was wounded
An armed security presence is now standard in many of the nation’s middle and high schools
20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill toted AK-47 into elementary school; librarian convinced him to surrender after Hill said he ‘should have went to the mental hospital’
No one was injured at the elementary school where Michael Brandon Hill, 20, fired 6 shots before surrendering, he was charged with assault on an officer and terroristic threats
The training was a community effort that brought together local, state, and federal agencies
In an active shooter situation, there’s no time to wait for backup
All students and teachers are accounted for and safe, there are no reports of injuries
The man shot a bus driver, then fled police and hopped an another bus before being fatally wounded
The officers had to make a “life-and-death” decision whether to shoot the suspect, who was on a bus with passengers
The man is being hailed a hero for wrestling the shooter to the ground with the help of other witnesses
The gunman, identified as 59-year-old Rockne Newell, indiscriminately fired shots Monday night as he barged into a meeting
Pedro Alberto Vargas watched movie after movie involving shootings, seeking creative inspiration for his own draft screenplay
Legal opinion issued by office says that instructors, staff cannot be employed as security guards; Clarksville School District had planned to have 20 teachers/staff armed with 9mm handguns
After undergoing 53 hours of training, the assistant principal and teachers at the school will be considered guards, and will be armed
Negotiators and a SWAT team tried talking with him from the other side of the door of an apartment unit where he was holding hostages
The ‘run, hide, fight’ method of defending against an active shooter has police re-training civilians
Suspect Barry White Jr., went to the Victoga jewelry store to dispute a purchase he had made
23-year-old Barry White was arrested and booked on 2 counts of murder and 7 counts of attempted murder
The gunman surrendered when officers approached him from both sides
The suspect was shot by officers at the entrance of the store; the conditions of the suspect and victims hasn’t been released
Police are looking to create a cross-department streamlined response to any shooting so all cops are prepared
Marcela Franco, 26, died of her injuries sustained at the Santa Monica community college shooting
The gunman killed his father and brother, and another man and woman before police killed him
He killed two people in a home then made his way to a college where he kept firing; police killed him in a shootout
During training, public safety personnel learned they can do both: police seeking out the threat and at the same time providing a protective screen for rescue workers as they do their jobs
Esteban J. Smith died in a gunfight with an agency trooper and a state game warden after shooting 6 people at random
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