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    Active Shooter Podcast: What LE Learned from Texas Tower Shooting

    Oct. 4, 2023
    The second episode of our six-episode podcast series looks back at Charles Whitman's 1966 University of Texas Tower attack, one of the incidents that prompted the creation of SWAT teams.

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    University of Texas clock tower in Austin, the site of Charles Whitman 1966 attack.
    University of Texas clock tower in Austin, the site of Charles Whitman 1966 attack.

    Like bank robberies in the 1920s and violent crimes fueled by the illegal drug trade in the 1980s and early 1990s, active shooter incidents have become one of the biggest challenges for 21st-century law enforcement. These incidents have become a point of emphasis for agencies over the past two decades, and new tactics, strategies and training have continued to be developed in order to best prepare officers and save lives.

    Across the next two months, OFFICER Magazine's Officer Roll Call podcast will release a six-part series—sponsored by FirstNet—that examines the topic. The "Active Shooter Events & Response Evolution" podcast series will look at not how active shooter incidents have changed over the years and how law enforcement has been using accumulated knowledge and new technology to adapt.

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    • Episode 1: How Columbine Redefined Tactics
    • Episode 3: Staying Connected when Violence Erupts

    Subscribe to the podcast and check out the series' home page for new episodes. Scroll to the bottom to find out where to find this series, as well as OFFICER Magazine's other podcasts. 

    In the second episode of our six-episode series, retired Lt. Frank Borelli and Editor Paul Peluso look back at the 1966 attack committed by Charles Whitman at the University of Texas Tower. Often referred to simply as the Texas Tower shooting, it was one of the incidents that prompted the creation of SWAT teams in our country and changed response protocols for patrol officers. 

    Check out the "Active Shooter Events & Response Evolution" podcast series page for individual episode descriptions and a release schedule. 

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