Tag: active shooters: Page 27

Special Units

LAX Camera Captures Passengers Fleeing After Shooting

A camera at the Los Angeles International airport captured video of people's reactions as they evacuated about six minutes after a shooter opened fire at Terminal 3. Read the full story here.

October 31, 2013

Weapons

IACP 2013: Chiefs Want Expanded Background Checks

A coalition of police chiefs stepped up their advocacy for extending firearm background checks to private sales, gun shows and online sales, saying the measure is needed to stave off mass shooting attacks.

October 21, 2013

Patrol

Slain Nev. Teacher a Former Marine

Mike Landsberry has been identified as the teacher killed by a 12-year-old student at Sparks Middle School near Reno, Nev.

October 21, 2013

Patrol

2 Dead, 2 Wounded In Nev. School Shooting

Two people have died and two boys have been hospitalized as a result of Monday's shooting at Sparks Middle School in northern Nevada.

October 20, 2013

Patrol

IACP 2013: Holder Emphasizes Patrol Response to Active Shooters

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told law enforcement leaders that patrol officers should be the nation's first line of defense against active shooters while speaking at the IACP Conference in Philadelphia.

October 20, 2013

Patrol

Beware the Lone Wolf

Lone wolves operate on the fringes of extremist movements, with such loose associations being encouraged by terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda and Hezbollah, and that makes them harder to detect.

October 16, 2013

Patrol

Quicker Response to Active Shooters

Despite its traditional mission, I always thought our motor unit could assume a more tactical posture and play less of a support role, especially when responding to school shootings. Since motors are such a specialized unit, it is easier to pull them off of their primary missions and redirect them whenever necessary.

October 15, 2013

Patrol

NTOA Calls for More Tactical Medical Training for Officers

Every police officer should receive basic tactical medical training to better respond to mass violence such as the Navy Yard massacre, Boston Marathon bombing, and other active-shooter attacks, the NTOA announced.

October 8, 2013

Training

Protecting Our Students and Teachers

In northern Kentucky, we are proposing the P.O.S.T. (Protecting Our Students and Teachers) program, which focuses on two aspects—deterrence and immediate armed response.

October 3, 2013

SWAT

Hardening Physical Targets

With the exception of the military-related attacks at Fort Hood and the Washington Navy Yard, terrorists and criminals are more likely to assault a facility where resistance is minimal—a "soft" target.

September 30, 2013

Patrol

Video: Navy Yard Shooter Wielded Sawed-Off Shotgun

The FBI has released preliminary findings of the Sept. 16 Washington Navy Yard shooting that includes new details about the shooter's weapons, a timeline of his movements, and his mental state leading up to the shooting.

September 24, 2013

Patrol

FBI's Navy Yard Shooter Footage

The FBI has released video surveillance footage from the Washington Navy Yard shooting showing Aaron Alexis arriving and stalking the hallways with a shotgun and handgun. Read the full story here.

September 24, 2013