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June 2020

ACTIVE THREATS & TARGETED VIOLENCE

Targeted violence is an incident of violence where a known or knowable attacker selects a particular target before a violence attack. These articles by members of IACP’s Targeted Violence Task Force and other law enforcement experts address key information, skills, knowledge, and strategies that can help law enforcement across the world identify and prevent targeted violence—and respond effectively if an attack takes place. 

Articles

  • Redirecting the Pathway

    By Dave Okada, Lieutenant (Ret.), Salem Police Department, Oregon, Principal, Safety and Threat Solutions, LLC; Stephen White, PhD, President, Work Trauma Services, Inc.; and Reid Meloy, PhD, Consulting Forensic Psychologist, FBI, CIRG, Behavioral Analysis Units
    On the evening of May 23, 2014, in the California campus community of Isla Vista, a student who was socially isolated and had long stopped attending classes at Santa Barbara City College, killed six p...

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  • Protecting Schools, Preventing Tragedies

    By Arna Carlock, PhD, Social Science Research Specialist, National Threat Assessment Center, U.S. Secret Service
    February 14, 2020, marked two years since 17 students and staff were killed and 17 more were injured at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. This tragedy and others like it have ...

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  • Stalking, Strangulation, and Shootings

    By Scot DuFour, Patrol Officer Specialist, Aurora Police Department, Colorado
    On May 3, 1993, Deputy Kent Hintergardt (Riverside County, California, Sheriff’s Office) was murdered by Mark Kamaka in Temecula, California, while responding to a domestic violence call. Kamaka had...

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  • Crime Place Networks in Las Vegas

    By Tamara D. Herold, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Jamie Prosser, Captain, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada
    In 2017, the Las Vegas, Nevada, Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) adopted a series of interventions designed to reduce gang and gun violence across Las Vegas. In partnership with the Internationa...

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