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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 27, 2012

Insurer Limits Benefits for Traumatized Newtown Responders

Some of the police officers who responded to the school shooting in Newtown are so traumatized they haven't been working, but they have to use sick time and could soon be at risk of going without a paycheck.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 21, 2012

NRA Calls for Armed Officers in All Schools

Saying the only thing that will stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre called for armed officers in all schools today during a press conference at the organization's headquarters.

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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 20, 2012

Man Arrested at Va. School for 'Rifle' Stunt

Shenandoah County (Va.) Sheriff's deputies arrested a 33-year-old man Wednesday for entering a school bearing the same name as the one where the Conn. shooting occurred carrying a 2-by-4 board with the words "high-powered rifle."

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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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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 18, 2012

Teacher Pension Fund Review Causes Sale of Firearms Conglomerate

Cerberus Capital Management announced plans to sell its stake in firearms conglomerate Freedom Group after one of the company's guns was used in the Connecticut school rampage.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2012

Sen. Feinstein Promises New Assault Weapons Ban

Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) has promised to introduce a federal assault weapons ban following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newton, Conn.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2012

Conn. School Shooter's Uncle a N.H. Sheriff's Deputy

The uncle of the 20-year-old who killed 26 people in a shooting rampage Friday morning at a Connecticut elementary school said the family expresses "our heartfelt sorrow" to the victims' families and community of Newtown.

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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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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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