A law enforcement training center based at Texas State University in San Marcos may receive $15 million in federal money to support programs that train officers how to handle situations like the recent Fort Hood shooting.The Texas Tribune
Active-threat exercises, which are intended to train first responders, might involve realistic depictions of injured students or loud sounds. They give officials in different jurisdictions a chance to plan a coordinated response, saidKathy Martinez-Prather, director of the Texas School Safety Center. ...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM)- Just 24 hours before the massacre on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a report on active shooter incidents across the country. The agency finds a more than 50% increase in the attacks from 2020 to 2021. Nationwide...
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While active shooter situations are still pretty rare, it’s a phenomenon that does seem to be increasing in regularity. From the recentshootings in Ohio and Texasto continuing terrorist attacks andviolent attacks from organized urban mobs, mass shooting and mob attacks do happen, and they are ...
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Are Active Shooter Drills Missing the Point?Mass shootings in the United States are an unwelcome part of our lives. Although the causes of mass shootings are complex and are not the point of this presentation, nonetheless the public is seeking a response from government and school institutions ...
United States Active Shooter Events from 2000 to 2010: Training and Equipment Implications Prepared by Hunter Martaindale, "United States Active Shooter Events from 2000 to 2010: Training and Equipment Implications" (San Marcos, TX: Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training, Texas State Universi...
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Emergency response systems can be improved by investigating the motives and manner in which people share information during an active shooter crisis. This article analyzed survey data collected from undergraduate participants at The University of Texas at Austin who were enrolled during the fall of ...