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.
Virtual reality simulators allow trainers to expose cops to real-life situations that are consistently reproducible for every officer
Scenario-based technology enables police officers to train to respond to active shooters in a manner that is measurable and consistent
The Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment (EDGE) is a free virtual training platform funded by DHS
December 14, 2019, marks the seventh anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting – tragically, we still have a lot of work to do to protect our children from evil
Authorities believe the shooting was not random, and don’t know the whereabouts of the shooter
Investigators said the shooting happened at Lone Star College’s North Harris campus shortly after noon
The lawsuit says police should have taken steps to avoid the confrontation that wounded 9 bystanders
Many surveyed said weapons on campus would make them feel less safe; over 1,000 faculty surveyed throughout Midwest
Gave school district enough money to cover costs for 2 months, deputy will patrol elementary school
“The first thing you’ve got to do to save your life is accept that it can and does happen and that it may be happening to you”
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?
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