Mass Casualty Incidents
The Mass Casualty Incidents topic page provides news, videos and expert columns about dealing with large-scale incidents including terrorist attacks, dirty bombs, natural disasters and more.
This eight-hour class is a great enhancement to the minimal tactical medical training received by most cops
It is worthwhile for police administrators to periodically review these agreements and for individual officers to have read and understood their roles in these efforts
How an open mind can help officers prepare for, prevent and problem solve the active killers problem
If you are honest enough to admit you do not possess an open mind, then aggressively strive to develop one
Police faced gunfire as they responded to reports of a possible gunman at a Tennessee high school Monday
Sheriff Kevin Tolson said investigators had not yet determined a motive for Wednesday’s mass shooting
A state trooper was later shot during a manhunt
“When someone makes a threat, it should be taken very seriously”
Investigators believe two teenage brothers, who were found dead with four family members, were the killers
Police said the park had been full of families on Easter Sunday
The suspect killed four people, including a 9-year-old boy, at an office complex
Officers fired at the suspect through the gates and had to use bolt cutters to enter the complex
It marks the third mass shooting in the United States in two weeks
Hundreds of people attended Officer Eric Talley’s funeral mass, with more than a thousand watching online
The suspect shot his parents and then later killed two more at a convenience store, police said
A gun store refused to sell to the man after he said he was surprised his friends didn’t think he was the Boulder mass shooter
Residents, officers and other first responders gathered to honor Officer Eric Talley’s funeral procession
The man was charged with reckless conduct and is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, police said
“Despite exhaustive investigative work, it appears we may never know why he committed this heinous act,” a police report states
Under a divided Senate, President Biden demanded the chamber pass two bills that would tighten federal background check laws and ban high-capacity magazines
Family members told investigators that their son had previously attacked a classmate and may have a mental illness
The suspect faces 10 counts of first-degree murder
Officer Talley was remembered as a kind soul. He leaves behind seven children
Boulder police Chief Maris Herold announced the death toll at a news conference Monday night, fighting back tears
The wounded victims’ conditions ranged from good to critical, police said
Georgia was one of only four states without a hate crimes law when lawmakers passed it last year
The president and vice president will meet with Asian American community leaders
Investigators suspect a drug cartel is to blame
The Atlanta-area shooting spree left 8 dead, most of them Asian women
Issues with interagency radio communications cost precious minutes, a new report says
Most of the victims were Asian, prompting fears that the shooting spree was a hate crime
A 21-year-old man has been captured hours after eight people were killed in shootings at three massage parlors
Investigators believe the shooting was gang-related
An SUV packed with 25 people pulled in front of an oncoming tractor-trailer on a two-lane highway, killing 13
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