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.
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Police say rifles offer more firepower, longer range and greater accuracy than handguns
The beam made its way across the country for firefighters and police
One gunman walked up an alley near the backyard and fired shots from a .40-caliber pistol toward about 15 cookout guests
Thousands of police officers, state officials, friends and family members of Trooper Chad P. Dermyer gathered to celebrate
The FBI may not quickly share the technique it used with local law enforcement agencies
The FBI used the unspecified technique to access data on an iPhone used by the San Bernardino attacker
For security reasons, NYPD won’t say how many of these dogs it has to cover the nation’s largest subway system
The suspect arrested had a past terrorism conviction and is linked to the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks
The attacks have laid bare European security failings and prompted calls for better intelligence cooperation
After 9/11, NYPD used its intelligence division to cultivate informants and conduct surveillance in Muslim communities
Officials said one of the attackers in the Paris massacre was present for the Brussels bombings
If it’s viable, that also means the government has significantly undermined its arguments against Apple
The nervousness was felt far and wide
The two airport blasts, at least one of them blamed on a suicide bomber, left behind a chaotic scene of splattered blood
Ambush at a western Pennsylvania cookout left five adults and an unborn child dead
Lawsuit against Uber filed in the name of a driver accused of gunning down six people between picking up fares is bogus
Newly released dashcam provides insight into the deputy’s actions that resulted in the active shooter being arrested
He also told police he couldn’t recall how many people he had picked up that day as part of his work with Uber
The retired 33-year veteran officer had a permit to carry his firearm
The policy on warning shots varies from agency to agency, but certainly, under these extraordinary circumstances, shots of this kind are justified
Law enforcement and the world’s second-largest cellphone maker agreed on one point: It’s now up to Congress
The details come from heavily redacted Department of Homeland Security documents
Apple’s opposition to the government’s tactics has evoked a national debate over digital privacy rights
Police said they did not know what motivated him to carry out the attack but he wasn’t targeting specific victims
There were still 200 or 300 other people in the factory and that the ‘shooter wasn’t done by any means’
Apple is expected to file an objection by Friday
With no criminal history or record of mental illness, residents who follow requirements can legally acquire firearms
The appeal from victims’ family members gives the Justice Department additional support
People said the suspect picked them up in the hours after the first attack before his arrest