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.
While responding to school threats like active shooters is a part of an SRO’s responsibilities, it barely scratches the surface of how SROs serve our schools
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Planning active shooter response training with police, fire, EMS, trauma docs and medivac helicopters is a complex and challenging task
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
Media related to Newtown shootings, including 911 audio recordings, would require written consent of victims’ family members for release
Officers were involved in the shooting, though it is unclear how many shots were fired and who shot the intruder and student
Police Chief Eric Blanchard said it will give employees a better chance at stopping a mass shooting before police are able to arrive on scene
Mother’s Day parade incident left 19 people wounded; 19-year-old Akein Scott was identified from surveillance video
The active-shooter training at Pompano Beach High School was designed to evaluate the multi-disciplinary, multi-team, coordinated response
To promote its premiere of the new Iron Man movie, a theater in Jefferson City, Missouri, hired several people to dress in full tactical gear and storm the screening
Teachers at an Oregon school were shocked when two armed, masked men entered during a meeting
Can you spot the six basic telltale emotions of fear, anger, sadness, happiness, disgust, and/or contempt?
Neil Allan MacInnis faces two counts each of malicious wounding and using a firearm in the commission of a felony
Two women were shot at a mall branch of a community college before the suspect was subdued by police
Despite traditional advice, citizens may need to act in a way they haven’t been trained for or equipped to deal with
When it comes to reducing gun violence in America, nobody else in the country has anything close to the experience-based perspective from which cops can speak
30-year-old student planned to use firearms, explosives to attack fleeing students after pulling fire alarm
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Given the increasing threat out there on the streets, personal ballistic shields seem to be a very desirable piece of equipment for patrol
He died of a self-inflicted gun wound, ending a 10-hour standoff
That any teacher in general might be armed creates a significant deterrent, causing uncertainty of safe and unfettered access to victims
Because we trust our children to teachers doesn’t mean we should trust teachers to protect them against armed assailants
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