Major Incidents in Law Enforcement History
The continuing challenge with preparation for attacks like Parkland is that each is unique enough to defy any template for prevention and response
We might want SWAT at every public venue, but we just don’t have the money and resources to do it
The museum, which was built by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), features immersive, interactive exhibits
Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said there were six arrests, compared to 47 the previous night
Officer pointed a semi-automatic assault rifle at demonstrators, then cursed and threatened to kill one of them
The incident occurred as police were moving down the street with an armored vehicle
Made up mostly of black volunteers, various organizations have taken it upon themselves to help ease tensions in Ferguson
By the time the police were able to use their pre-Twitter media relations protocol the storytelling battle was already lost
Connecticut State Police honored more than 300 people, including state and local police, firefighters, emergency dispatchers, paramedics, psychiatrists and forensic examiners
As officials across the country grapple with how to prevent mass killings, some are turning to a gun seizure law pioneered in Conn. 15 years ago
Minn. teen accused of planning to massacre his family and high school classmates mocked the attacks on the Boston Marathon and Sandy Hook Elementary School as “pretty lame”
11 principals, vice principals and administrators have volunteered under a program approved following the school shooting at Sandy Hook
When the final chapter on Fast and Furious is eventually written, Special Agent John Dodson of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms will be one of the story’s (very few) heroes
When compared to our military comrades, law enforcement hasn’t had much experience supporting its wounded officers in such large numbers from one significant event like 9/11
Unions across the U.S. are pushing for officers to be able to collect workers’ compensation benefits if they suffer post-traumatic stress disorder
Section Three: Accuracy with the Handgun
Unlike Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, or James Holmes at a movie theater in Colorado, or Jared Loughner outside an Arizona shopping center, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did not have discernable psychiatric diagnoses
It is not his proximity to death that day that occupied Keith’s thoughts during the ensuing months and years, nor even the question of why he lived and others didn’t
Part two of an active killers series explores behavioral cues of the dangerously mentally ill
Klebold and Harris managed to forever change the way law enforcement looked at active shooter situations
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was happier and more relaxed than he had been since his besieged presidency began — by April 15, 1865, he would be dead
No policy or legislation could address even half of the unique circumstances of school murders
If an active shooter is not stopped as they progress through the first four phases, the only way they can be stopped is by my version of gun control during the fifth phase — here’s my definition of gun control
The fee that Josephine Serrano Collier paid in 1946 for the application to become a policewoman was just $1, but it cost her much more than that
On the night of December 14, 2010, Brian was part of a four-man team situated on a slight rise in a rugged area on the Arizona-Mexican Border North of Rio Rico called Peck Canyon
“We need to make a stand right now that our schools need to be the most important thing we have in this country — not Wall Street, not Capitol Hill, our schools.” — Coach Frank Hall
Officer J.D. Tippit was a perfect example of the “Greatest Generation” — a generation of Americans whose epic stories of victory, valor, and sacrifice are destined to echo throughout history
Section Two: The State of CHP Training in 1970
Section One: The Approach and Initial Shots Fired
After a best-selling novel on his life was made into the movie ‘Serpico,’ he became famous, but Frank Serpico was more concerned with courage
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