New normal: U.S. police respond to harsh reality of extremism
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press
Published: November 27, 2015, 11:00am
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FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, file photo, provided by the New York Police Department, NYPD officers line up near an abandoned subway station to stage a drill simulating an attack, in New York. Since the Paris attacks, U.S. police officials and security experts have been hammering home the hard realities of so-called "active shooter" incidents. Officials believe the best chance to preserve life is for ordinary police officers not to hesitate to charge in and kill the attackers. (New York Police Department via AP, File)
NEW YORK — After the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 and the Mumbai attack in 2008, police departments across the United States adopted a new mindset on how to deal with what they call “active shooter” incidents in which people are trapped in restaurants, theaters or other soft targets.
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