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Inside the Badge by David GriffithDecember 20, 2012

Police Readers Oppose Assault Weapon Ban

A full 84% of those officers who chose to answer the question (498) said that restricting the sale of "assault weapons" would not reduce the number of mass murder incidents such as the Newtown Massacre.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleDecember 20, 2012

A Whole Village to Raise…Only One Madman To Destroy

I often wondered if the school would begrudge my occasionally sitting in some unoccupied office as I wrote for POLICE. And I had every reason to suspect that other officers would be willing to stop by the school and lend an unsubsidized vigil.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2012

Okla. Student Arrested for Plotting School Attack

Police arrested Sammie Eaglebear Chavez, 18, on Friday for allegedly planning to carry out a shooting and bombing attack at his high school. The arrest occurred only a few hours before the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Connecticut.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2012

Gunman Wounds 3 at Alabama Hospital

Birmingham (Ala.) Police shot and killed a man who had just shot and wounded a police officer and two employees at St. Vincent's Hospital on Saturday.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2012

Texas Deputy Stops Theater Shooter

A Bexar County (Texas) Sheriff's deputy shot and wounded a gunman at a movie theater late Sunday after two people were wounded by the shooter.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 14, 2012

Early Moments of Conn. Shooting Heard In Dispatch Audio

Police and fire units responding to Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday detained a juvenile suspect, located the shooter's weapons, and began setting up an incident command center, dispatch audio reveals.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 14, 2012

Conn. Gunman Killed Mother Before Deadly Rampage

Authorities have identified Adam Lanza as the 20-year-old gunman who fatally shot 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday morning, after killing his mother.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 14, 2012

27 Killed in Connecticut School Shooting

A gunman killed his mother, then drove to her Connecticut elementary school Friday and fatally shot 26 people, including 20 children. The gunman, identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, also killed himself.

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Inside the Badge by Robin Hattersley GrayDecember 14, 2012

8 Ways To Make Your Campus Safer

After the dust settles on Friday's Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the campus protection community should once again be prepared to review our K-12 active shooter response emergency plans.

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Inside the Badge by Mark ClarkDecember 14, 2012

Honoring the Sandy Hook Shooting Responders

In the aftermath of this tragedy, let's all take the opportunity to commit ourselves to being the best trained officers we can. We should train for these scenarios like they really could happen on our watch.

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