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After a school shooting, the community’s guard is up and calls for service increase for disturbances and suspicious activity
If SROs are expected to be our school’s first line of defense, we must provide these officers with the best specialized tactical training and equipment possible
The 2018 IPSA Mass Casualty Incidents Training Symposium provides cross-disciplinary training for police, fire, EMS and telecommunicators
Just after midnight early Tuesday, two men started shooting at each other on Bourbon Street
When lives are at stake, it may be necessary to roll the dice with outside-the-box thinking
Police, prison data can find gun users ‘to go after,’ attorney general says
‘We consider it safe to take him off isolation,’ police attorney said
Suspect’s ex-wife worked at the salon where he opened fire
Authorities say Shareef Allman, 47, gunned down his co-workers during a routine safety meeting
The disgruntled employee opened fire at a safety meeting
A Chinese-made version of an AK-47 was professionally altered to work as an illegal automatic weapon
To many people in the English-speaking world, al-Awlaki has been the face of al Qaeda since SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan
The 51-year-old man stopped his car in the middle of a street shortly before midday and began shooting
Gunman shot one person before police fatally shot him on courthouse lawn Sept. 13
A surveillance video in central Oslo displays bombman Anders Behring Breivik disguised as a police officer
Eduardo Sencion would kill three people and wound eight others in all before shooting himself in the head
‘It just comes down to part of my DNA,’ Michael Lavery said
Officer Nick Armstrong, 27, died Sunday from a gunshot wound
Officers need to cultivate a balance between securing a center and cultivating an open, family-friendly atmosphere
An apparently unprovoked attack killed Jeremy Henwood
Anders Behring Breivik’s family speaks of his childhood and career
Breivik: Wanted to publicize calls to expel Muslims from Europe
Pre-incident planning must take place, with things like airborne and maritime assets specifically considered in mutual-aid capability assessments
You can’t predict where or when you may encounter an active shooter — whether it’s on or off duty — so be prepared always
Police force had responded “as soon as possible,” said Oslo police chief
Just a few hours separated the unrelated rampages
Police said the couple had been having ongoing marriage problems
A suspect fired several shots from a handgun after fighting erupted among teenagers at a birthday party
Police: Shooter was looking for a woman and found her with another man
The felon who tried to kill a police officer didn’t realize her gun was empty
As part of a new public safety collaboration, firefighters are being posted in high crime areas
Gunman fled the scene in a black Toyota Prius
A quiet, agricultural town in central Wyoming is reeling from a shooting spree after a man opened fire