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Patrol
How to Stop School Shootings
There are many things we can do to prevent school shootings, but only one thing can stop the shooter once he/she starts firing…and that's law enforcement response.
June 7, 2018
Patrol
Tactical Medical Response to School Shootings
Officers trained in first aid responding to school shootings have to do what they can to help the victims who can be saved.
August 8, 2018
Patrol
Preventing School Shootings is Everybody's Business
Earlier this week, we reported on two separate incidents in which police in California arrested four teens—three in the first case, one in the second—possibly preventing two school shootings. You want to know another great way to prevent active killers in schools? Stop glorifying those atrocities and the sick murderers who commit them.
September 20, 2019
Patrol
School Shootings: Time to Show Some Muscle
Deterrence is not just a matter of having sworn officers in the schools; it's having the right officer, with the right equipment, and the right training.
March 1, 2018
Editor's Notes
To Prevent School Shootings, Show Some Muscle
Deterrence is not just a matter of having armed personnel or even sworn officers in the schools; it’s having the right officer, with the right equipment, and the right training.
February 23, 2018
Patrol
School Shootings: You Have to Go In
The greatest challenge for law enforcement first responders is how to most effectively suppress the intrinsic priority of self-preservation. Within all typical humans is a desire to live on, to be safe, and to shield oneself from danger. As 21st century American law enforcement officers, we must train ourselves to stifle that urge.
June 28, 2018
Patrol
Experts Believe Anonymous Tip Lines Can Prevent School Shootings
In Colorado, at least two high school students were arrested based on information sent to the state anonymous tip line and mobile app, known as Safe2Tell. “They had a list, they had weapons, they knew exactly what they wanted to do,” said Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, whose office administers the program.
March 16, 2018
Top Story
After School Shootings Denver Bringing Back SROs
One school board member who was a vocal critic of law enforcement in schools, Tay Anderson, has now reportedly called Denver’s Police Chief Ron Thomas and requested 160 officers be placed in 80 of the district’s schools.
March 23, 2023
Patrol
Back to School (Shootings, Mask-Mandates, and Boisterous Board Meetings)
Regardless of the situation, cops across the country will be called upon to keep kids safe in school as young people return to campus for the 2021-2022 school year.
August 2, 2021
Patrol
School Shootings in North Carolina and Kentucky Leave Two Injured
Two U.S. schools were placed on lockdown Tuesday following separate incidents – one in North Carolina and one in Kentucky – with individuals carrying and firing guns on school grounds. Altogether, two people were shot, one associated with each incident.
September 30, 2014
Technology
Police Say S.C. Kid Planned to Columbine His School
A teenager in a small South Carolina town planned to conduct a Columbine-like attack this week, the ninth anniversary of the Colorado school shootings, authorities said Sunday.
April 20, 2008
Patrol
"Columbine Effect"-- A Report on Copycat School Violence
Minneapolis Star Tribune Reports on copycat school violence patterned after the 1999 Columbine school shootings.
May 4, 2014
Patrol
NC Agencies Respond to Statewide Hoax School Shooting Calls
Threats of shootings on school campuses were reported Thursday in multiple North Carolina counties, including Wake, Durham, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Alamance, Forsyth and Cumberland.
December 1, 2022
Patrol
WA Sheriff Slams Media for Making School Shooters Famous
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich held a press conference Thursday afternoon to update people on the investigation into the fatal shooting at Freeman High School in Rockford, WA, and spoke briefly about how he believes the media are partially to blame for school shootings.
September 15, 2017
Patrol
Special Report: Critical Incident Response
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In POLICE Magazine’s Special Report: Critical Incident Response, read about Working with the Media After a Critical Incident, the Evolution of Critical Incident Communications, Bomb Threats and Suspicious Packages, Preplanning Response to School Shootings, and PTSD in the Police K-9.
May 23, 2019
Procedures & Policies
POLICE Survey: How Would You Make Schools Safer?
We asked our readers what they would do to prevent school shootings and improve law enforcement response to such incidents, and we got a lot of interesting answers.
June 28, 2019
Patrol
North Carolina Student Arrested Over Threat Against University
They found a campus emergency response guide on his wall opened to the active shooter response and evacuation pages. They also found searches of school shootings on his computer and took away blueprints of campus buildings.
March 21, 2018
Technology
Law Enforcement Pushes for More Access to Social Media Data
In the wake of recent school shootings in Florida and Texas in which the suspected gunmen posted clues to their intentions on social media, authorities have raised the question of collecting information from content shared online.
May 31, 2018
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