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.
There is no single answer to the cause of mass school shootings, but it goes much deeper and further than issues of gun control and mental illness
While I still feel being a little over-gunned is better, my personal active shooter response “kit” has shrunk dramatically
For anyone protecting major events, the known threats are easy to track, but the unknowns manifest in blind spots that can cause unwanted surprises
The suspect told police he had contemplated another shooting after opening fire on a July 4 parade in Illinois
A “hero citizen” overheard a conversation about planning a mass shooting and called police to report it, police said
Police said they were called to the suspect’s home in September 2019 after a family member called to say he was threatening “to kill everyone” there
Researchers have identified a series of defenses that work together to reduce the probability of mass attacks
The gunman opened fire from a rooftop and evaded initial capture by dressing as a woman, police said
The amount and specificity of specific skills training must be increased in regularity and intensity for all sworn officers from recruit to chief of police
Following the Uvalde school shooting, the question of whether teachers should carry firearms is in the news again
Yet experts agree that bans are unlikely to deter mass shooters from using tactical equipment, a report says
Initial responding officers must evaluate quickly, move to the sound of the guns, gathering intelligence on the move
Digital playbooks allow incident response coordinators to plan, execute and monitor their operations through their tablets, smartphones, or laptops
The school district’s superintendent said he put Pete Arredondo on leave because the facts of the police response remain unclear
The time has come for all law enforcement agencies to greatly expand their breaching tools and related training programs
It’s an assignment that has stuck with Officer Adrian Gonzalez to this day
Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, called the police response an “abject failure”
Leadership errors made in training, if corrected, can lead to better actions in real situations
A new law barring sales of “bullet-resistant soft body armor” to most non-law enforcement has confused retailers
The Behavioral Threat Assessment Team will monitor social media and investigate potential threats, said the Erie County Sheriff’s Office
Sgt. Phillip Martin was shot and wounded after a gunman went on a rampage, killing three coworkers last week
Chief Pete Arredondo says he did not consider himself the incident commander. “I didn’t issue any orders,” he said
The suspect fled and was tracked down by state troopers, leading to a shootout
A team of nine, including current and former law enforcement officials, will review the police response to the mass shooting
“Almost all of us, at one point or another, had to go back to our patrol car and just cry for a little bit,” one officer recalled
The board called the project a dangerous idea that was “trading on the tragedy” of the Uvalde shooting
Chief Pete Arredondo was unaware students were still alive and calling 911 from inside the classroom, said State Sen. Roland Gutierrez
Hospitals, like schools, are not typically designed to guard against the threat of a determined gunman
Read about an off-duty CBP agent’s heroic actions, police pursuits in Washington state and more from this week’s news
The TASER Drone is under development and will be a non-lethal, remote operable way to stop active shooters, Axon says
In a note, the gunman said he blamed his surgeon for ongoing back pain
Sen. Roland Gutierrez called it a “system failure” that calls weren’t communicated to embattled Chief Pete Arredondo
Jacob Albarado is speaking publicly for the first time about what he saw that tragic day
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