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.
The first step to applying and implementing the lessons learned of any after-action report is to read the report, which unfortunately rarely happens
While in-person training and public outreach events have been postponed this year, social media is a great platform to discuss the importance of hemorrhage control
Life-threatening hemorrhages are a huge threat to officers who have been injured in the line of duty
The bill aims to allow Florida businesses, institutions and people to have greater control over their own protection
Police found 16 guns and 4,500 rounds of ammunition inside the suspect’s apartment
Prosecutors say not only did Noor Salman accompanying her husband on scouting trips, she watched him leave with a gun and a backpack full of ammo the night of the shooting
Patrol officers need to be suitably prepared, trained and equipped to deal with terrorist attacks
A French Canadian known for far-right, nationalist views was charged Monday in the shooting rampage at a Quebec City mosque
Quebec City police spokesman Constable Pierre Poirier said two suspects were arrested
There will be short and long-term effects that are physical, emotional and psychological
The legislation seeks to temporarily bar access to guns by people deemed by a judge to be a danger to themselves or others
“Jon, the protector, lost his life making sure nobody else did”
An attack of this nature is not easily handled using traditional law enforcement tactics and methods
Accused airport shooter Esteban Santiago told investigators after his arrest that he communicated with Islamic State terrorists or sympathizers in “jihadi chat rooms”
As active shooter threats evolve, agencies and officers need to assess their current capabilities to respond to these new threats
Prosecutors say she knew about the attack ahead of time and hindered the investigation when she lied to FBI agents
They said the movie lacks minority representation and fails to mention the only Boston officer killed as a result of fighting the two suspects
Turkish officials confirmed the gunman who carried out the deadly New Year’s attack on an Istanbul nightclub has been detained
Noor Salman was taken into custody in the San Francisco Bay area and is facing charges in Florida including obstruction of justice
Security experts and public officials say the shooting exposes weaknesses in a system designed to protect travelers on airplanes, but not necessarily in airports
Protecting the public from an unknown source of radiation is challenging — police departments must use a mix of different sized detectors to locate these threats
Indicators of radical-belief-based violence are cumulative. The more present, the greater the probability of violent behavior
Trainers must expose cops to high levels of simulated stress and develop scenarios that force them to make critical decisions
Agent George Piro has been careful to say no evidence linking suspect Esteban Santiago to terrorism has been found but such connections have not been ruled out
Authorities don’t know why Esteban Santiago chose his target and have not ruled out terrorism
Officials say the war veteran accused of killing five travelers and wounding six others appears to have traveled there specifically to carry out the attack
Extra police patrols and officers armed with heavy weapons have been added to major airports in New York and Chicago
An official says the Fort Lauderdale airport shooter pulled a gun out of a checked bag, loaded in a bathroom and started shooting
The gunman, who hasn’t been publicly identified, is still at large
ISIS on Monday claimed responsibility for the New Year’s attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people
Turkish police struggled Sunday to track down an assailant who gunned down New Year’s Eve revelers at a popular Istanbul nightclub
An assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations