Major Incidents in Law Enforcement History
Following the Uvalde school shooting, the question of whether teachers should carry firearms is in the news again
Every campus-based law enforcement agency must examine its active shooter response training and response protocols to a school shooting
A look at the psychological impacts for responding officers and how to cope with potential trauma
The drunkometer was one of the earliest tools that allowed police officers to conduct roadside breath tests on suspected intoxicated drivers
The conclusion from examining these incidents is that good citizens, many of whom are lawfully armed, save lives in active shooter attacks
Lawmen in Oklahoma Territory faced challenges that are unfathomable today
One Las Vegas officer feared he was facing a fully stocked assault team with tactical gear during the shooting
Scot Peterson, the sheriff’s deputy vilified for failing to confront the Parkland school shooter, began to receive his pension in April
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The measure aims to make it a federal crime to knowingly cause or attempt injury because of the “actual or perceived status” that the person is an LEO
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
“He let my daughter get shot nine times at point-blank range,” Andrew Pollack said
The development came after the Nevada Supreme Court rejected a bid by police to delay the release of records
The village of Deerfield, Illinois recently banned the possession, sale and manufacture of so-called “assault weapons” and large capacity magazines by public ordinance
Union members voted 534-94 on a symbolic measure expressing no confidence in Sheriff Scott Israel
After Nannery escaped from New York’s maximum security Sing Sing Prison, he was on the run for three years, during which he killed a NY police officer
The newly released report suggests the problems with BSO’s response to the Parkland shooting go beyond the school’s resource officer
“There is a complete failure at the sheriff’s office and he doesn’t recognize it,” union president Jeff Bell said
The Coral Springs police released reports from officers, who say Broward County deputies got there first but had not entered the building where people were attacked
An SRO at a Florida elementary school jumped into action Feb. 14 after hearing a colleague scream “shots fired” at a nearby high school where 17 were killed
The “Newhall Shooting” as it came to be known, was the worst day in the history of the California Highway Patrol (CHP), and a pivotal day for American LE
Texas Ranger John R. Hughes brought thousands to justice and to those who chose to fight, a hard reckoning
Noor Salman was acquitted on charges of lying to the FBI and helping her husband in the 2016 attack
The percentage of schools with a security guard, an SRO or other LEOs on campus at least once a week went up from 42 percent in 2005-06 to 57 percent a decade later
No cop ever wants to use deadly force, but all are prepared to do so when it’s the only option left to stop a threat and protect life
Chief Tony Jones said police will “engage the threat without waiting for backup”
The video offers no outward sign that Paddock would carry out the Oct. 1 shooting that killed 58 people and injured hundreds
The move comes after Nikolas Cruz’s brother was arrested on campus, two students were caught carrying knives and another made online threats
About 30 minutes before the deputy was found asleep, deputies arrested Zachary Cruz, brother of Nikolas Cruz, for trespassing on school grounds
Zachary Cruz reportedly told officers he came to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to “reflect on the school shooting and soak it all in”
The trial of Noor Salman, the widow of the Pulse nightclub gunman, is in its fifth day of testimony in Orlando
The SRO who recommended Nikolas Cruz to be committed was Scot Peterson, who resigned amid accusations he failed to respond to the shooting
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