MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Fifteen years ago, if an armed intruder made it inside a school, local and state police agencies couldn't respond immediately.
"You'd get there and you'd wait on a SWAT team and you'd barricade and secure the area around it," says Albert Paxton of Louisiana State Police Troop F.
On April 20, 1999, local police forces waited outside Columbine High School, for more than half an hour for SWAT teams to arrive. Although standard protocol, that hesitation cost more students lives.
Trooper Paxton says after seeing the devastation at Columbine, police forces changed tactics. "Because of these active shooters, not just school shootings, but the same as the mall or the thing in Colorado, they move in to stop the situation as quickly as possible," says Paxton.
"No hesitation" is the new policy, and it's how forces is Newtown, Connecticut reacted to Friday's tragedy. Police across the nation will take a closer look at the incident, and learn from it.
"A situation like that you look at and try to decide what could be done different if something could be done better," says Paxton.
Louisiana State Police will be analyzing and adjusting their tactics as they see fit, but Paxton says tactical changes may help better the situation, but can't prevent it.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:19 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:19:36 GMT
GONZALES, La. (AP) - Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a 25-year-old man accused of beating one of his dogs to death and dumping the animal's taped-up body.
GONZALES, La. (AP) - Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a 25-year-old man accused of beating one of his dogs to death and dumping the animal's taped-up body.
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:12 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:12:50 GMT
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Monroe Police are investigating a car crash into an apartment building Wednesday night.It happened just before 9 P.M., at the Windsor Inn, off Washington Street. So far, it
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Monroe Police are investigating a car crash into an apartment building Wednesday night.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:01 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:01:29 GMT
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a wild African dogs exhibit and was mauled to death last fall have sued the Pittsburgh zoo.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a wild African dogs exhibit and was mauled to death last fall have sued the Pittsburgh zoo.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:30 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:30:39 GMT
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States.
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:20 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:20:47 GMT
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Authorities say a 40-year-old corrections officer assigned to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been arrested in a Livingston Parish home invasion case.
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Authorities say a 40-year-old corrections officer assigned to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been arrested in a Livingston Parish home invasion case.
