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Product Feature: Forensics Tools: Options Abound for Efficient Evidence Collection and Identification

A big aspect of law enforcement is forensic science, and a big part of forensic science occurs in the laboratory. Therefore, it is troubling to police leaders when publicly funded crime laboratories f...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Attacks Against U.S. Federal Government Officials and Facilities, 2001–2013

The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) recently completed a study exploring 43 attacks directed against U.S. federal government buildings, sites, and officials from 2001 to 2...

Mass Casualty Attacks

Risk Communication: Mitigating the Aftershock of a Mass Casualty Attack

On December 9, 2015, during a U.S. Senate Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Oversight Committee hearing, FBI Director James Comey agreed with U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham when he said, “There are...

Mental Health

Safeguarding Officer Mental Health Before and After Mass Casualty Incidents

Police officers are carefully recruited and well-trained to deal with threats and ensure their own safety and the safety of their communities. As a result, many people would likely assume that officer...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Supporting the Psychological Recovery of First Responders Following a Mass Casualty Event

At approximately 12:40 a.m. on July 20, 2012, members of the Aurora, Colorado, Police Department responded to the local Century 16 theater following the largest mass shooting in Colorado’s history. ...

Mass Casualty Attacks

The Aurora Theater Shooting Experience: Considerations for Multi-Jurisdictional/Multi-Disciplinary Response to Mass Shooting Events

Challenges in the 21st-century United States have proven monumental for those charged with providing public safety. Due to the grim rate of evolving threats, innovative thinking, planning, responding,...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Traffic Incident Management

One of the leading challenges for public safety agencies is the increasing traffic on streets and roadways. With more vehicle miles traveled, there is greater pressure on public safety agencies to kee...

Investigations

Wrongful Convictions, Cognitive Bias, and Forensic Science

In May 30, 1997, a man shot at Sergeant Gregory Gallagher with the sergeant’s gun and fired at an area resident, Benjamin Pitre. The man then forced himself into the house of a local resident, Bonni...