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Tag: Critical Incident Response
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
Command
Cleveland Police Revising Mass Demonstration Response Policies
The agency must also establish policies on how to handle “civil disobedience” and “civil disturbances,” on dispersal orders, and on training of officers on how to use less-lethal munitions.
December 14, 2022
Training
LAPD to Retrain Officers in Crowd Control Tactics
Chief Michel Moore and other commanders who presented LAPD’s tactics at the Los Angeles Police Academy on Thursday, Dec. 8, said around 8,000 officers, from the lowest levels to the chief himself, are being retrained.
December 9, 2022
Patrol
Heroism Amid Horror in the Human Response to California's Worst Wildfire
The 2018 Camp Fire became the costliest wildfire in California history with a total of 85 civilian deaths and an estimated $16.5 billion in damage. The public safety response to the rapidly unfolding disaster was—in totality— valiant and brave and seemingly superhuman even if at times wholly improvised.
December 8, 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
Training
How Officers Can Stay Safe Around Hazardous Materials
“Just step back and say, ‘this is out of my ballpark.’ Don't rush in, don't get overzealous, don't think you can jump out and do it when you can't,” says Jim Whitfield..
November 8, 2022
Training
POLICE to Hold Panel Discussion Webinar on Active Shooter Response
The webinar titled “Best Practices for Active Shooter Response and Police Training” will feature a panel of police active shooter response trainers and experts discussing critical police response and training issues.
November 4, 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
Patrol
2 Dead in St. Louis School Shooting, Suspect Killed by Police
Interim St. Louis Police Chief Michael Sack said the suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police.
October 24, 2022
Patrol
Dallas Chief: Parolee Killing 2 Nurses at Hospital was “Failure of Criminal Justice System”
The suspect pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery in May 2015 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
October 24, 2022
Patrol
Police Nationwide Besieged by False School Shooting Calls
Multiple motivations have been posited for the false calls. Some may be pranks. Some may be kids hoping to disrupt their schools. Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman raised concerns that the swatting could be testing law enforcement responses to find weaknesses.
October 17, 2022
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