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With the complex diversity and level of skills necessary to effectively execute all that is required of today’s police officer, one might think the training would match that demand. Appropriate trai...
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At 11:33 a.m. on May 24, 2022, a mass shooter entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, equipped with a high-powered AR-15–style rifle. The subject immediately started shooting and, within a...
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Your phone rings at 1:00 a.m. It’s your overnight lieutenant. There’s been a mass shooting in a packed nightclub downtown. The shooter inflicted maximum carnage. Fifteen people are dead; many more...
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Society has seen tragedy and crisis strike too many times over the last few years. Wildfires, hurricanes, tornados, and mass casualty events stemming from gun violence have seemed to plague the United...
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Some moments remain etched in my memory from the morning of June 12, 2016, when a lone gunman entered the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, just after last call.
The 3:15 a.m. phone call from my...
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The moment a mass violence, mass casualty, or domestic terrorism incident occurs is not the time for responding agencies to meet each other or develop an approach. Planning reduces chaos and mitigate...
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The terms terrorism, homegrown violent extremism, and targeted mass violence have many governmental, procedural, and statutory definitions, which to the average person or victim of an act of targe...
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As active shooter incidents increase year after year, we have seen a variety of responses across agencies. There are times where responding law enforcement officers seem to have forgotten the very bas...
