S6E13 SANDY HOOK TO BONDI: HOW MASS-SHOOTING TRAINING CHANGED POLICING — PART ONE

About this episode

The episode explores how mass-shooting training has transformed policing practices in response to active shooter situations.

What happens when three experienced investigators from opposite sides of the world sit down to examine how police respond to an active shooter? In this special crossover between Stop the Killing and Watching Two Detectives, former FBI Special Agent Katherine Schweit joins retired New South Wales detectives Peter Hogan and Scott Rogan for an expert examination of the lessons that have reshaped mass-shooting prevention, preparation and police response. Katherine was working on national security and counterterrorism cases when the murder of 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School changed the direction of her career. Following the shooting, she was appointed to the White House team tasked with developing a coordinated national response to mass shootings and became the architect of the FBI’s Active Shooter Program. In Part One, Katherine explains how the devastating events at Sandy Hook helped accelerate a fundamental change in policing: moving away from the traditional strategy of “contain, negotiate and wait” towards the immediate deployment of officers to confront and stop an active threat. Peter and Scott reveal how those lessons travelled across the world…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Ferris

Guests: Katherine Schweit, Peter Hogan, Scott Rogan

Topics covered

• mass shooting response
• policing changes
• active shooter training
• international policing
• law enforcement strategies

Keywords

• mass shooting
• police response
• active shooter
• Sandy Hook
• training
• law enforcement
• Australia
• FBI
• New South Wales

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI, New South Wales Police

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