Mass Casualty Incidents
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Witnessing despicable evil shatters an officer’s assumptions about how the world is supposed to work
The video is a part of the latest release of public records from the mass shooting
FBI study looks at what happened in the lives of shooters before the violence to find behavioral predictors of likely mass killers
Officer Michael Leonard tracked down the gunman, who killed 17 people during the February shooting, about three miles away from the school
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released 23 videos and 130 audio files, including 911 calls
Officer John Barnes was critically wounded in the May 18 shooting after confronting the gunman
Authorities have said several neighborhood gangs had a dispute, and multiple suspects began shooting at each other
Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said “neighborhood beef” is behind the shooting inside the historic Roebling Wire Works Building
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo has said a final report of findings related to the shooting will be released next month
Police arrested Jeremy Webster, 23, hours after the shooting that killed a 13-year-old boy
Progress has been made in developing active shooter protocols since Columbine, but the Pulse attack shows we still haven’t anticipated all the possibilities
The After-Action Review is an extremely effective method of analyzing what occurred and how to improve performance in the future
Members of the association recently gathered in Nashville, Tennessee to consider measures to prevent gun violence in wake of recent mass shootings
Capt. Jan Jordan, who was in charge during the deadly Parkland school shooting, has faced criticism for the agency’s response to the massacre
Some of the surviving victims are filing a lawsuit in federal court, saying the city and police didn’t do enough to try to stop the shooter
Officer John Barnes had been in intensive care since being shot while confronting the gunman who killed 10 at Santa Fe High School last month
Police in Las Vegas released 911 calls and video relating to the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history
A campus security monitor told detectives he saw Nikolas Cruz get out of an Uber with a large bag and make “a beeline” toward the freshman building
The LE response to an active shooter at YouTube’s HQ illustrates why all officers need tactical training
Scot Peterson, who was widely criticized for not confronting the gunman in the deadly Parkland shooting, said he remains haunted by the massacre
A deputy fire chief repeatedly asked a Broward County Sheriff’s commander for permission to send his medics inside the school during the shooting, but was rebuffed
Some law enforcement officials believe that restricting access to social media monitoring tools is jeopardizing public safety
Some of the recommendations in the plan include more than $120 million in funding for increased LE presence in schools and training for armed marshals
The conclusion from examining these incidents is that good citizens, many of whom are lawfully armed, save lives in active shooter attacks
SRO John Barnes was wounded while confronting the gunman in the May 18 shooting at Santa Fe High School that killed 10 people
One Las Vegas officer feared he was facing a fully stocked assault team with tactical gear during the shooting
What started with a Facebook post by Chief Art Acevedo has escalated into a full-on war of words with the nation’s gun lobby
While no one wants to fault a hero for showing up to help, there are diminishing returns when self-deployed responders arrive immediately after an event
After years of resistance, law enforcement is coming to realize it needs a proven program management tool to help agencies coordinate response
The sheriff said officers isolated the suspect and “gave the opportunity for the other officers to continue to evacuate the school”
Chief Art Acevedo said he had “hit rock bottom” and “shed tears of sadness, pain and anger” after the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School
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