Tag: active shooters: Page 43

Special Units

California First Responders Test Port Terrorism Response

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger led the exercise—known as Golden Guardian—that simulated a terrorist takeover of a passenger ferry near the Port of Long Beach and an active shooter in Shoreline Aquatic Park in Long Beach.

May 18, 2010

Patrol

California Deputy Stops Shooting Rampage

The gunman had doused areas of the home with gasoline. He shot five of the 10 residents of the home before the deputy shot the gunman, who carried an AK-47 rifle. Residents of the home were reportedly jumping out of the upstairs windows.

May 5, 2010

Patrol

The Active Shooter: Patrol's Number One Training Concern

The case for the hunter becoming the hunted will, often, come down to you, the patrol officer. You will be the last line of defense for those who are coming under attack.

March 25, 2010

SWAT

Officer Survival 2010: How Can SWAT Prevent Duty Deaths?

So what can SWAT do to help? For the answer, we should look at SWAT's role in diffusing two of the deadliest threats to society in modern times: snipers and active shooters.

February 2, 2010

Careers

A Grab Bag to Go

I find it a necessity now more than ever to have a grab bag within arm's reach. To prepare for active shooters, school crises, and terrorism, you've got to have the necessary equipment and now!

January 12, 2010

Patrol

Las Vegas Courthouse Shooter was Upset Over Benefits Fight

FBI Special Agent Joseph Dickey of the Las Vegas field office said investigators believe the gunman was acting alone when he fatally shot the officer and wounded a deputy U.S. marshal. Dickey said the shooting, which occurred about 8:05 a.m. at the courthouse at 333 Las Vegas Blvd. South, didn't appear to be an act of terrorism.

January 4, 2010

Weapons

Unarmed Victim Zones

Like civilians trapped in a store, bank, or restaurant when a gunman barges in and starts shooting, the Fort Hood soldiers were left with their bare hands as their only weapons.

December 13, 2009

Patrol

Fort Hood Officer Says Her Patrol Career Is Over

Officer Kim Munley, one of two civilian officers who helped end the Fort Hood shooting spree, says she is unlikely to return to patrol duties.

December 6, 2009

Patrol

Fort Hood: Can It Happen to Us?

Murders of law enforcement personnel by their brethren are not without precedent. Lovers' triangles have resulted in murder-suicides; subordinates have shot superiors; ex-cops-cum-felons have killed lawmen.

November 10, 2009

Patrol

Officer Used Lessons From Virginia Tech To Halt Fort Hood Shooter

Civilian officer Kimberly Munley is credited with applying lessons learned from the 2007 rampage at Virginia Tech to halt an active shooter at Fort Hood before he killed more victims, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

November 8, 2009

Patrol

Army Officials Praise Police Woman Who Wounded Fort Hood Shooter

Kimberly Munley, who remains hospitalized with the other victims, confronted the suspected shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who drew two handguns and began firing in a building where soldiers were preparing to deploy overseas.

November 5, 2009

Patrol

FBI Team Will Recreate Fort Hood Shooting

The FBI announced it has sent a special team of investigators from Washington, D.C., to Fort Hood to recreate a mass shooting at the military base that left 13 dead, USA Today reports.

November 5, 2009