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Tag: social media threats
Patrol
Training for Threats on Schools Made Via Social Media
With 2022 now upon us—and the omnipresent threat of a sequel to Omicron looming in the dark recesses of unquiet adolescent minds—the possibility that the type of threat presented on TikTok in the final days of the Fall '21 school semester still lingers.
January 7, 2022
Patrol
Louisville Man Asked for $30K to Kill Officers on Live Video
A criminal complaint said Cortez Lamont Edwards had started a livestream on Facebook September 23, holding in his possession an AR variant pistol firearm. The video allegedly shows Edwards requesting to be paid $30,000 to “shoot Louisville Metro Police Department officers on scene"
September 28, 2020
Patrol
New Jersey Man Faces Felony Charges for Social Media Post of Police Officer
A New Jersey man faces felony charges after having posted an image of a police officer talking with a person who had allegedly threatened him at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in June.
August 7, 2020
Patrol
Preventing School Shootings is Everybody's Business
Earlier this week, we reported on two separate incidents in which police in California arrested four teens—three in the first case, one in the second—possibly preventing two school shootings. You want to know another great way to prevent active killers in schools? Stop glorifying those atrocities and the sick murderers who commit them.
September 20, 2019
Patrol
California Police Thwart Possible School Shooting, Arrest 3 Teens
Officers with the Desert Hot Springs (CA) Police Department arrested three 14-year-old teenagers—two boys and a girl—on Sunday after "troubling social media posts" were reported to the police by a Desert Hot Springs Unified School District staffer.
September 19, 2019
Patrol
California Police Arrest Teen Who Threatened to "Shoot Up a School"
Officers with the Fresno (CA) Police Department arrested a 16-year-old who reportedly threatened in a post on social media to "shoot up" his high school.
September 19, 2019
Patrol
Illinois Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Plotted Mass Shooting
The Pittsfield (IL) Police Department said in a statement on Wednesday that on Monday officers arrested a man who allegedly made threats on social media that he planned to shoot and kill students in the Pikeland School District.
August 29, 2019
Patrol
Police Thwart 3 Separate but Unrelated Mass Shooting Plots in 2 Days
Police in Connecticut, Florida, and Ohio arrested three men in the span of two days, potentially preventing three separate but unrelated mass shooting plots.
August 20, 2019
Technology
Everbridge Announces Acquisition of NC4
Everbridge, Inc., a global leader in critical event management (CEM) and enterprise safety software applications to help keep people safe and businesses running, today announced the acquisition of NC4, a leading global provider of threat intelligence solutions that empower businesses, government organizations, and communities to assess and disseminate risk data and information to manage and mitigate the impact of critical events.
August 5, 2019
Patrol
2 Louisiana Officers Fired Over Facebook Post Suggesting AOC be "Shot"
One officer who posted to Facebook that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "needs a round… and I don't mean the kind she used to serve" and another officer who "liked" the post have been fired from the Gretna Police Department for violating the agency's social media policy.
July 23, 2019
Procedures & Policies
Dave Smith: The Great Badge Eating Monster
In today's political climate, one action or comment others don't like could cost you your job.
July 10, 2019
Patrol
Georgia Man Arrested for Threats Against Cops Posted to Social Media
Powder Springs PD spokesman Dwayne Prosser said that the investigation began over the weekend when police from Manchester, NH, alerted Powder Springs police to threatening Facebook posts.
June 12, 2018
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