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For more than two decades, police departments across the globe have trained and prepared for active shooter incidents. While these training programs are sometimes described using generic terms such as...
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The specter of bioterrorism represents a growing challenge for global security. In an era of rapid technological advances and digital interconnectedness, the ability of malicious actors to exploit bio...
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I think my experiences as a local patrol officer, a detective, a patrol sergeant, and a detective sergeant are the baseline for everything I’ve done in my 37 years in law enforcement. That work taug...
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The Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado, in 1999, remains among the most notorious school shootings in the United States. While the tragedy holds an unfortunate mystique, sometimes l...
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For police leaders, public safety should always be top of mind, including when it comes to critical messaging—and who should receive those messages. If the public is not the audience for communicati...
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As police professionals know, one phone call can change everything. At 9:25 p.m. on June 17, 2015, Chief Mullen received the call no police chief ever wants to get—a call that would change his life....
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In an 18-month period, my agency in Dayton, Ohio, faced a series of unprecedented challenges: a significant water emergency due to a major pipe break, a large-scale white supremacist rally requiring t...
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The terrorism threat landscape continues to evolve since al Qaeda’s attacks on September 11, 2001. Since 9/11, violent extremists repeatedly adapted to counterterrorism pressure as law enforcement a...
