Critical Incident Preparedness Toolkit: Assessing Capacity to Respond to Active Assailant Events

This self-assessment tool is designed to assist public safety and emergency response professionals, school administrators and security professionals, elected officials, and communities in considering potential active shooter scenarios and options for dealing with them. The tool proposes questions to determine an agency’s preparedness status in seven categories, offers guidance to inform next steps, and recommends resources for improving policies and practices to reduce community potential for mass violence, swiftly respond to incidents, and enhance trauma and support services in their wake
— Read on portal.cops.usdoj.gov/resourcecenter/

Blurred lines: Gray-zone attacks and political violence coverage – WTW

In this article, we examine vulnerability to gray-zone attacks and what steps can be taken to safeguard against their effects.
— Read on www.wtwco.com/en-se/insights/2025/04/blurred-lines-gray-zone-attacks-and-political-violence-coverage

Nashville Police Release Full Report on 2023 Christian School Shooting | Police Magazine

MNPD broke down the more than 40-page report by summarizing the incident, providing a detailed timeline of the attack and investigation, backgrounds of the shooter, Audrey Hale, and victims, what the shooter did and did not leave behind.
— Read on www.policemag.com/investigations/news/15741964/nashville-police-release-full-report-on-2023-christian-school-shooting

Get a PDF version of the report HERE

Southport attack: Prevent Learning Review published | Counter Terrorism Policing

This is the first time I have ever seen a learning review. Check it out to see the difference from the American After Action Review.

“Elsie, Alice and Bebe, and all of those devastated by the tragic events in Southport in July, remain in our thoughts. This drives our determination to get the answers that all of those affected by what happened need and deserve.
“Immediately after the attack, Counter Terrorism Policing and the Home Office jointly commissioned a review to understand how referrals of Axel Rudakubana into the Prevent system were handled.
”Ahead of the public inquiry that will look at the role of the public authorities involved in the case, we have taken the unprecedented step of publishing the review.
“It describes decisions made in line with policy in place at the time, in a system that was not equipped to deal with emerging risks that were very different to those it had been built to address.
“In this case, there were at least 15 contact points with public services – health, education and social care systems, and the police.
“We want to see a system where every one of those contacts counts, and where the sum total of all of them taken together is seen as the red flag that it should be.
— Read on www.counterterrorism.police.uk/southport-attack-prevent-learning-review-published/

FINAL REPORT: Task Force Concludes its Investigation, Releases Report Text on Findings and Policy Recommendations | Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump released adopted report text, “Final Report of Findings and Recommendations.” The report text, unanimously approved by the Task Force on December 5, highlights significant failures in the planning, execution, and leadership of the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners.
— Read on taskforce.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/final-report-task-force-concludes-its-investigation-releases-report