NYPD Releases Active Shooter Report
Homeland Security Digital Library Blog 2012-12-28
Summary:
The New York Police Department (NYPD) released the 2012 edition of its “Active Shooter: Recommendations and Analysis for Risk Mitigation” report. This report analyzes data collected from 324 cases involving office buildings, commercial facilities, factories, warehouses and schools.
“The analysis found a large degree of variation among attacks across some broad categories, including: sex of the attacker, age of the attacker, number of attackers, planning tactics, targets, number of casualties, location of the attack, weapons used, and attack resolution. The analysis also provides insight into the frequency of active shooter attacks.”
Because of the dynamic nature of active shooter attacks, the NYPD cannot apply a “single set of best-practices for private security response to such incidents. However, the NYPD has compiled a list of recommendations for building security personnel to mitigate the risks from active shooter attacks.”