Active Shooter
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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
From active shooter response protocols to screening processes for new recruits, police leaders will face many challenges in the coming year
Suspected shooter was discharged from the Marines two years ago
Authorities have said that Holmes meticulously stockpiled ammunition and other gear and booby-trapped his apartment to kill, suggesting that he knew what he was doing
A mayor, a mom, an injured man, and (hopefully) most of America have shown tremendous — albeit somewhat surprising — support for NYPD’s actions
15-year-old charged with attempted first-degree murder as an adult after yesterday’s shooting
A Norwegian court sentenced Anders Behring Breivik to prison, denying the insanity ruling prosecutors had wanted
A recently fired store worker shot a former colleague to death and then randomly started shooting others near the Empire State Building before he was shot by police officers
Some callers ask for help to be sent quickly, others are are matter-of-fact
If officers do not practice in multiple-officer response, they will not function cohesively while under stress
Officer was attacked as he approached a home near the campus
In the wake of recent mass shootings, public health officials are calling for a look at gun violence as a social disease
Commission says authorities could have prevented or interrupted the attacks by far-right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik
Lt. Brian Murphy remains in surgical intensive care after being shot nine times
Plea came soon after a federal judge found that months of psychiatric treatment for schizophrenia made Loughner able to understand charges that he killed six people and wounded 13 others
The white supremacist movement’s leaders, who often depend on a groomed personality cult to gain legitimacy and recognition, use music as a recruiting tool for young prospects
A member of “Hammerskins Nation,” shooter told skinhead group to stop hiding behind computer screens
Sources say a University of Colorado police officer was contacted weeks before the Aurora attack
Oak Creek Police Lt. Brian Murphy was ambushed upon arrival
Every law enforcement officer in this country should be trained in tactical lifesaving skills so they can immediately render aid to trauma victims
Suspect joined the military in Milwaukee and was a repairman for the Hawk missile system in Texas
A second officer exchanged gunfire with the suspect and fatally shot him
University Chancellor Don Elliman has repeatedly said the school did all it could with regard to graduate student James E. Holmes
Colo. massacre prompts Houston PD to reveal active shooter safety video earlier than had been originally intended
In early June, psychiatrist Lynne Fenton called upon a campus behavioral and security committee about graduate student James Holmes
It’s impossible to know whether guards — often off-duty police officers — at the Aurora Century 16 would have spotted the suspected gunman
The film crew wrapped up the project two weeks before the July 20 shooting that left 12 dead in Aurora, Colo.
“Guns don’t kill people. I do,” read the suspect’s shirt when he was arrested
Theater shooting suspect sent a notebook with drawings and descriptions of an attack, several sources say
The program is led by qualified Lubbock officers who tailor the training to specific needs of individual venues
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