Active Shooter
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What challenges will law enforcement face in 2019?
Incels have been linked to multiple acts of mass violence over the past few years
No matter how much training, experience and proven good judgment you have, some people will never be comfortable with an old sheepdog being armed
Interest in the classes has grown since the December shooting in Newtown
In the case of Sandy Hook, social media technology compounded the scope — and the whopping number — of reporters’ errors in the lemming rush to ‘break’ a news story
Anti-social behavior, mental illness, and an obsession with “paying back” society for wrong doing seems to be the pattern for these active shooters
Eddie Jones III overpowered Officer Ruth Burns inside the station, shooting her and two other officers
To say that this has been a difficult year is an understatement of impossible proportion
Gunfire erupted Friday morning by a man being held at the station, 3 officers expecting quick recovery
As I watch the response to the Newtown shooting, I grow even more frustrated
When seconds count, the police are just minutes away
ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate
As a police officer in Aurora, Colorado — a city that is only just beginning to recover from one of the largest mass shootings in the history of the United States — the news stopped me in my tracks
“Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.”
— John F. Kennedy, 1961
— John F. Kennedy, 1961
He fired into the air and to the ground, then didn’t resist arrest when officers approached
The civilian, who hopes to become a cop, didn’t fire in fear of shooting other innocent civilians
Chances of being killed in a mass shooting, says Grant Duwe, a criminologist with the Minnesota Department of Corrections, are probably no greater than being struck by lightning
The Associated Press compiled all of the facts up to this point in the tragedy
Police say the gunman was not voluntarily let into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton
An officer and employees suffered injuries that are not considered life-threatening
Active shooters can be stopped long before someone dies by understanding that most shooters pass through a fantasy stage, planning stage, preparation stage, approach stage, and implementation stage
Should at least one teacher on every floor of every school in America be armed, trained, qualified, and ready/willing to end a deadly threat in their school?
Officials have confirmed the death toll at an elementary school shooting has reached 26 plus the gunman
Department has learned from past tragedies not to wait for SWAT to arrive
Both deputies were transported to USA Medical Center in Mobile, where Deputy Scott Ward was pronounced dead
Nahom Tseigazab has also been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and 23 counts of aggravated assault
Tactical Battle Swarming is a deliberately-structured, coordinated, strategic way to strike an adversary from all directions
Suspect was a military veteran believed to be in poor health
The officer and suspect were both shot in the exchange of gunfire Sunday afternoon
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