Las Vegas Shooting
A gunman opened fire on 22,000 Las Vegas concert attendees from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Sunday, Oct. 1. At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 people were injured.
Police1 coverage of the Las Vegas active shooter spanned breaking news to recommendations on how police and communities can harden soft targets from active shooter attacks, why public safety agencies need to develop integrated response plans to acts of mass violence, best practices for event security, and perspectives from the Police1 advisory board on how the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting changed special event response.
Here are the events and technologies the P1 team and our readership viewed as having the most significant impact on the profession in the last decade
Law enforcement agencies that respond to large-sized events must recalibrate their approach to security
SWAT
We might want SWAT at every public venue, but we just don’t have the money and resources to do it
How has the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting changed LE response to special events?
At Urban Shield, a Las Vegas Metro PD SWAT commander shared key takeaways from the police response to the massacre
Lauren Card, 23, says her decision to become a cop was inspired by the shooting
The release comes more than a week after police ended their investigation with no motive found
Police say they are closing their investigation without a definitive answer for why the shooter unleashed gunfire onto a concert crowd
More body camera footage shows officers directing concertgoers to safety and searching for what they thought were multiple shooters
Footage shows officers finding a wounded security guard on the same floor of the hotel where the gunman opened fire
One of the recently released videos from the Oct. 1 attack shows police guarding the audience at an 1,800-seat Cirque du Soleil show
An officer’s self-described freeze is prompting a review of whether lives could have been saved if officers had acted faster to stop the shooting
The video is a part of the latest release of public records from the mass shooting
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released 23 videos and 130 audio files, including 911 calls
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo has said a final report of findings related to the shooting will be released next month
Police in Las Vegas released 911 calls and video relating to the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history
The conclusion from examining these incidents is that good citizens, many of whom are lawfully armed, save lives in active shooter attacks
One Las Vegas officer feared he was facing a fully stocked assault team with tactical gear during the shooting
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Vice President Mike Pence affirmed the administration’s support for law enforcement during an NRA convention
The shooter killed 58 people and injured hundreds more from the windows of his hotel suite last fall
The development came after the Nevada Supreme Court rejected a bid by police to delay the release of records
The video offers no outward sign that Paddock would carry out the Oct. 1 shooting that killed 58 people and injured hundreds
Analysis of 97 worldwide active shooter incidents in 2017 identifies trends to consider as we prepare to counter the active shooter threat
Attorney Nicholas Crosby did not identify new evidence or suspects but said charges might be possible depending on the results of an ongoing investigation
Documents revealed the FBI knew Stephen Paddock left behind big caches of guns, ammunition and explosives when they sought warrants to search his properties
Assigning a large number of cops to a high-profile event isn’t enough to counter realistic threats these days; we must pre-plan such events with a “red team” mindset
Following the Vegas tragedy, there has been a great deal of discussion around the legitimate purpose bump stocks and suppressors might have
With the shadow of the Oct. 1 shooting still over Las Vegas, officials are trying to reassure locals and visitors they will be safe celebrating New Year’s
Brittany Speer set up a triage area at the concert after the shooting and was recognized with a Medal of Courage
2017 in Review
Jim and Doug discuss police response to natural disasters, the debate over sanctuary cities, the Las Vegas mass shooting and other major topics
For agencies to be fully prepared, they must have a comprehensive, integrated response and recovery plan with allied emergency responders
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