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Point of Law

Nashville Mayor Calls for Probe After School Shooter’s Manifesto Reportedly Leaks

The manifesto has not been officially released by law enforcement. Some news agencies have sued for access. The school and Covenant families are intervening in the lawsuit and seeking to prevent the city from releasing the records.

November 6, 2023

Patrol

Memphis Police Thwart Apparent Attack on Jewish School, Suspect in Custody

The school said the man was unable to get in, ran into a contract worker outside of the school, fired two shots while running away from that worker and then fired two more shots as he drove off.

August 1, 2023

Top Story

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.

March 28, 2023

Coffee Break with Police Experts

Coffee Break with Police Experts: Bringing Back School Resource Officers

POLICE Magazine Editor David Griffith interviews Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association (NASRO), about the selection, training, and duties of SROs and the benefits of having SROs.

March 28, 2023

Technology

How Open Source Intelligence Can Identify Threats

POLICE Magazine Editor David Griffith discussed open source intelligence investigations on the Cobwebs Technologies Tangles solution with Johnmichael O'Hare, business development director for Cobwebs.

December 20, 2022

Technology

First Look: Emergency Incident System

Aegix Global’s aim allows schools, facilities and events to call for help during critical situations, provide responders with essential information, and enable direct two-way communication between users and safety personnel on site.

December 20, 2022

Patrol

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.

December 15, 2022

Point of Law

$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.

December 1, 2022

Patrol

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.

December 1, 2022

Point of Law

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.

November 30, 2022

Patrol

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.

November 17, 2022

Patrol

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.

October 25, 2022