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NewsMarch 28, 2023

Nashville Police Release Video of Officers Engaging School Shooter

During the response multiple officers cleared the first floor of the building and then headed to the second floor when they heard gunshots. They enter the building at about 1:10 mark on the video and shoot the killer about two-and-a-half minutes later.

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Videosby David GriffithDecember 15, 2022

The Role of School Police in Critical Incidents

POLICE Magazine Editor David Griffith interviews Rodney Ellis, chief of the Glynn County (GA) Board of Education Police about the need for school agencies, what it takes to lead a school agency, and school police response to active shooters and disasters.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2022

$27 Billion Lawsuit Filed Against Officers, Agencies by Uvalde School Shooting Families

The lawsuit states that surviving children experience nightmares, severe anxiety, emotional changes, anger, separation anxiety and thoughts of suicide.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2022

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 30, 2022

Mother of Girl Killed in Uvalde School Shooting Sues Police, District, and Gun Maker

The suit accuses various law enforcement officers of failing “to follow active shooter protocols.” It argues that their decision to treat the active shooter as a “barricaded subject” inside the two classrooms had violated the victims’ constitutional rights.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 17, 2022

Maine Agencies Targeted with 11 Hoax Active Shooter Calls

Threats were made at the following school districts: Fort Fairfield, Rockland, Portland, Gardiner, Wiscasset, Ellsworth, Sanford, Brunswick, Winslow and Houlton.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 25, 2022

Quick Police Action Prevented Massacre at St. Louis School

The 19-year-old shooter was carrying an AR-type rifle and more than 600 rounds of ammunition, and officers found cartridges and shell casings when they entered the building, police say.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 24, 2022

2 Dead in St. Louis School Shooting, Suspect Killed by Police

Interim St. Louis Police Chief Michael Sack said the suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police.

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Inside the Badge by David GriffithOctober 17, 2022

Police Nationwide Besieged by False School Shooting Calls

Multiple motivations have been posited for the false calls. Some may be pranks. Some may be kids hoping to disrupt their schools. Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman raised concerns that the swatting could be testing law enforcement responses to find weaknesses.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 25, 2022

Uvalde Schools Police Chief Fired by School Board

After a nearly 90-minute termination hearing held behind closed doors Wednesday evening, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District's board voted unanimously to terminate Arredondo's contract effective immediately.

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