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FBI Releases 2025 Active Shooter Incidents Report

The FBI has released the 2025 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States report to provide an overview of active shooter incidents and responses to support law enforcement, emergency responders, private organizations, and the public to better understand these threats. The report aims to provide valuable insights designed to aid in prevention, mitigation and response efforts against active shooter situations. Active shooter incidents continue to claim lives and devastate individuals, families and communities across the United States. In 2025, the FBI designated…


 Traffic Safety and Enforcement 2026: New Tools, Tech and Tactics

Stephenie Slahor, Ph.D. New technology, smarter strategies and practical solutions are reshaping traffic enforcement and roadway safety. Although traffic fatalities have declined from their pandemic-era peak, tens of thousands of people continue to die on America’s streets, roads and highways each year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 36,640 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2025, a 6.7 percent decrease from 2024. The US Department of Transportation continues to seek comprehensive and effective approaches to reducing…


CISA Program Targets Access to Bomb-Making Materials

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) offers the Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Program (BMAP) to help prevent terrorists and criminals from obtaining materials which can be used to construct homemade explosives and improvised explosive devices. Sponsored by CISA’s Office for Bombing Prevention, BMAP focuses on restricting access to explosive precursor chemicals, powders, target materials, and associated components. The program concentrates largely on the planning phase of a potential attack, particularly the acquisition of materials and bomb-building stages. BMAP also works…


 AI in Police Report Writing: What Law Enforcement Leaders Need to Know

John G. Peters, Jr., Ph.D., and John Black, D.B.A. ©2026. A.R.R. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping public safety work and nowhere is that shift more visible than in AI-assisted Body-Worn Camera (BWC) report writing. The term “artificial intelligence” was introduced by John McCarthy and colleagues in a 1955 proposal for the 1956 Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. AI still has no universally accepted definition; Ian McCulloh, Ph.D., of Johns Hopkins University, offers a working one: “a machine that…


 25 Years after 9/11: Remembering Those Who Answered the Call

On September 11, 2001, an ordinary Tuesday morning changed America forever. Today, the images remain difficult to comprehend: smoke pouring from the World Trade Center; the Pentagon burning; a scarred field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania; firefighters climbing stairways as civilians descended; and police officers directing people away from danger while others moved toward it. The terrorist attacks claimed 2,977 lives at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and aboard Flight 93. For America’s public safety community, September 11 also demonstrated what…


Updated Elder Justice Guide for Law Enforcement

The Elder Justice Initiative, in collaboration with the COPS Office, has recently updated the (electronic) “Law Enforcement Elder Justice Guide” to include the most recent resources and training for law enforcement responding to elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation and fraud. The Guide features a variety of on demand training; resources to request live training; tools; where to find free elder abuse multidisciplinary team consultations; public outreach materials; and more. To download a copy of the “Law Enforcement Elder Justice…


Ballistic Armor Update: 2026

P&SN Staff The ballistic protection industry has seen steady advancements over the past year, with new upgrades and design enhancements improving armor effectiveness. Here’s a look at some of the latest developments. Adept Armor Adept’s new Nova Titanium™ is a high cut titanium combat helmet designed to deliver steel helmet toughness at polyethylene (PE) helmet weight, with low backface deformation and an indefinite shell service life. Weighing approximately 2.02 pounds in size L/XL, including shell, pads, retention, and hardware, Nova…


…AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

Ramesh NybergGod Has Already Blessed America I’m writing this column from the other side of the Earth. Yes, once again, I’m in India, sweltering in heat and humidity which makes me long for Miami weather, as hard as that is to imagine. Once more, wherever I go in the world, I can’t help but be drawn to the police: What are they wearing? What are they carrying? What are they doing? I’ll start with Bali. Since we were vacationing in…


Upfitting Without Regret: How to Avoid the Most Common Police Vehicle Build Mistakes

John G. Stephenson Images courtesy of Dana Safety Supply A patrol vehicle is one of the most important pieces of equipment a law enforcement agency will ever purchase. It is also one of the easiest to get wrong. Today’s police vehicle is no longer simply a sedan, SUV or pickup with a light bar, radio and prisoner partition. It serves as a mobile office, emergency response platform, communications hub, prisoner transport area, equipment storage system, and highly visible symbol of…


BUSTED!

REAL STORIES OF GENUINE ABSURDITY JAMES L. MCCLINTON, PH.D. Some people will do anything to save a buck… Louisiana police are investigating a Pineville Chinese restaurant after officers allegedly found roadkill stored in a freezer with food intended for customers. The investigation began after a viral social media post accused the restaurant of placing a dead animal in its freezer, prompting Pineville police to respond to the business. Once there, officers determined the animal was a deer, reportedly picked up…