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 group of people who have a significant impact on survivability are the civilian individuals already on the scene
Just as police planners would engage with schools and workplaces, they should engage proactively with houses of worship
Advances in technology are enabling law enforcement to get real-time data that provide complete situational awareness for both patrol officers on scene and the command center
The manhunt ended Tuesday night in flames, leaving a body believed to be Dorner’s and 4 deaths in his wake
Police say one of the men set a fire in the basement of the home early Tuesday
Delaware State Police Sgt. said the suspected gunmen and two women are dead
a parcel containing a note, a DVD and a bullet hole-riddled memento were sent by Christopher Dorner and addressed to Anderson Cooper’s office
A lawyer that had been on life support at a Phoenix hospital after Wednesday morning’s shooting died
A landscaper found a body that matches the suspect in the office shooting that killed 1, critically injured another
Not all experts agree on how realistic the exercises need to be
Suspect remains hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head following the Tuesday afternoon shooting
James Holmes faces 166 felony charges in the July 20 shooting in Aurora that left 12 people dead
Authorities believe the shooting was not random, and don’t know the whereabouts of the shooter
Pretrial hearings are scheduled Wednesday-Friday so the new military judge can reconsider defense requests previously rejected by the former judge
Their stories provide the fullest account yet of the scene as officers responded to one of the worst school massacres in American history
Observation and cognitive skills are the most important assets a law enforcement officer or security professional can possess
Chicago’s homicide count eclipsed 500 last year for the first time since 2008
The president is meeting the police chiefs from Aurora, Colorado, Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and Newtown, Connecticut.
A series of 911 calls from hikers sparked a rescue operation involving teams on the ground and in a helicopter
The military judge will decide whether to remove execution as a punishment option
The commission is reviewing the state’s laws and policies in the wake of the Dec. 14 massacre
Fontana Unified School District police purchased 14 of the Colt LE6940 rifles last fall, and they were delivered the first week of December
In the wake of the country’s recent mass shootings, the department will carry the rifles in their vehicles
Investigators said the shooting happened at Lone Star College’s North Harris campus shortly after noon
After shooting his family, the teen reloaded his gun, then went to church to meet his girlfriend and her grandmother
No shots were fired by police or SWAT officers from the two present police departments
The lawsuit says police should have taken steps to avoid the confrontation that wounded 9 bystanders
The victims were all between 17 and 18 years old and investigators believe none of their wounds is life-threatening
Police arrived to find what they described as a horrific scene, a 15-year-old boy is in custody
The violence near the school locked down the campus for more than an hour as police searched two buildings
Investigators have not said how the women knew each other or why they may have been targeted
There will be a private ceremony Thursday before it opens to the public
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