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.
The continuing challenge with preparation for attacks like Parkland is that each is unique enough to defy any template for prevention and response
The police can be part of the solution, even if they aren’t part of the action
We might want SWAT at every public venue, but we just don’t have the money and resources to do it
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
The officer was hit in the leg by one suspect, returned fire hit robber in ‘lower extremities’
At least one gunman opened fire late Saturday injuring 7, still at large
Sheriff’s report claims agents were in contact before they opened fire, killing 1
Officers are searching for anything out of the norm where the suspect is believed to have fired on two dozen vehicles
An argument caused the gunfire, critically injuring 1 and wounding 3 bystanders
Three months and several surgeries later, the officer relives the gun battle that almost killed him
24 shootings so far in 4 counties, suspect described as male in his 30’s
The officer told investigators he approached four men in private zone to see ask why they were there
The Bronx cab driver says he’d probably be dead if not for the heroic officer
Calif. family owned a fire extinguisher business, unknown suspect still at large after fleeing in one of their cars
Officers discover the bodies of a 19-year police veteran, his girlfriend, and her ex-husband
Detective remembered surveillance images from tragedy as a familiar man walked by his car
The Nassau County Officer was killed Tuesday after getting shot in what had started out as a traffic stop near the Belmont Park racetrack
The Nassau County officer and a civilian were shot Tuesday at a location off the Cross Island Expressway
Five schools kept children off playgrounds and nervous commuters changed their routes Monday as authorities searched for a suspect in more than 20 random, unsolved shootings
Next month, the four men convicted will be up for parole, a longshot, but officer’s family, police and politicians want to make sure they stay behind bars
When the suspect approached the cab driver in an apparent attempt to rob him, the driver shot the suspect in the face with a pistol
Shooting appeared to be part of a domestic dispute
Tragically, since Columbine, there have been many active shooter case studies from which lessons can be learned
DHS wants to give every cop in the country ready access to information, intelligence, and analysis to prevent attacks by extremist individuals and groups
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