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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
Telecommunicators play a critical role in determining the nature and extent of the threat and supplying in-field responders with information
Suspect died from self-inflicted gunshot wound
Police: Shootings believed to be unrelated
Three suspects are in custody
Sheriff Fred Wegener says that preparing schools for an active shooter is community policing at its best
Law allows departments to sell confiscated weapons to buy other equipment
Anger followed Nichols’ spree, but many security plans still aren’t in play
Suspect kills self in Ohio State shooting, police say
Gunman shot himself as police closed in
Security officer on shooter: “I recognized a certain look on his face”
The former officer confronted ex-wife, resulting in a shooting
Officer deaths this year have jumped by 112 percent since March 2009
Nurse suffered non-life threatening injuries
Initial interviews show the shooting may have been gang related
Suspect in gun battle had clashed with neighbors
Detective Joel Wahlenmaier was killed, and Officer Javier Bejar is not expected to live
One officer remains in critical condition on life support
The suspect said he planned to shoot as many people as possible before killing himself
Officers fatally shot Johnny Lee Wicks, who had opened fire in a Las Vegas courthouse and killed a federal court guard
Police reports have officially been released, chronicling the suspect’s history of violence
First Atlanta-area officer to be killed since 2008
A 14-year-old boy and 19-year-old man were shot in front of about 100 people
Jeffrey Grahn opened fire at the M & M Restaurant and Lounge
A University of Alabama woman opened fire and killed three, injured three others
No students were involved in the shootout that happened on campus
Your sidearm will never be a carbine, but it will be there when you need it, provided you brought it in the first place and you have the skill to use it effectively
Police say the suspect got bullets inside store
There were no reports of injuries as SWAT surrounded the building
The Joint Operations Center houses more than 200 officers from 68 agencies
A note on a wall threatens that black students would be killed Feb. 2
How has policing changed in the past 10 years? We collected responses from P1 members and columnists