Binghamton, NY Police Didn’t Attend “Active Shooter” Training, Evidently

According to an article on the lessons learned from the Columbine shootings titled Shoot first: Columbine transformed police tactics, “police across the country developed “active-shooter” training.”

Ten years later, Columbine has transformed the way police in the U.S. deal with shooting rampages.

After the tragedy, police across the country developed “active-shooter” training. It calls for responding officers to rush toward gunfire and step over bodies and bleeding victims, if necessary, to stop the gunman — the active shooter — first.

Here’s how the police responded in the recent Binghamton, NY community center shooting.

Police said they arrived within two minutes…Police heard no gunfire after they arrived but waited for about an hour before entering the building to make sure it was safe for officers. They then spent two hours searching the building.

Gunman blocks NY center’s door, kills 13, self

Yep, make sure it’s safe for the police officers, first and foremost, rather than attempting to protect those individuals police are hired “to protect and to serve.”

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