Police Procedure

The more that comes out about the botched police response in Uvalde, Texas, the worse it looks for the local cops. It turns out that while UPD officers waited for a key or some...

Post-Columbine, some high-profile examples of law enforcement interdiction of active shooters that came under critical scrutiny include: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut (December 14, 2012). After murdering his mother at home, 20-year-old Adam Lanza kills...

By Lindsay Whitehurst, AP Since the Columbine High School massacre more than 20 years ago, police have been trained to quickly confront shooters in the horrific attacks that have followed. But officers in Uvalde, Texas, took more than...

By David Porter, AP In the aftermath of a mass shooting on a New York City subway train, the mayor floated a high-tech idea: deploy scanners that can spot someone carrying a gun into the transit system...

By Dan Sanchez Why did they wait? That question must haunt the families of the nineteen children and two adults who were massacred in Uvalde, Texas last week in light of recent revelations about the...

Don't look now, but Chicago is looking like it might be the defensive gun use DGU capital of the US. There have been at least forty-six Chicagoans who have used a gun since January...

By Juan A. Lozano and Adrian Sainz, AP Residents of Centerville had become more vigilant over the past three weeks as authorities searched for a murderer who had killed on behalf of Mexican drug cartels...

By Lee Williams The Miami Police Department plans to hold a gun buyback this Saturday at Miami City Hall, which it is calling “GUNS 4 UKRAINE.” Police are offering gift cards in exchange for the...

You've heard the old aphorism before. 'When seconds count, police are only minutes away." Or this one: 'You are your own first responder." And then there's this: "The problem with political jokes is that...

From the AP . . . Police in Uvalde still haven't committed to speaking to a Texas House committee investigating the May 24 massacre at an elementary school and the law enforcement response that day,...

By Kevin Sona and Lee Williams When the Miami Police Department’s “GUNS 4 UKRAINE” gun buyback first began Saturday morning, the public and members of the pro-gun media were allowed to stand next to three...

From the AP . . . Multiple police officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield stood and waited in a school hallway for nearly an hour while a gunman carried out a...