Episode 79 - Hot Leads Cold Cases Guest Lieutenant James Gaffney - CEO of Bright Line Police Consulting & Expert in Mass Shootings

11/01/13 - When this show aired, strangely, news was breaking on all of the major networks about an "Active Shooter" (some called him a domestic terrorist) walked through the Los Angeles airport, killing a TSA agent and wounding several others. Nancy du Tertre, host of CBS radio show "Hot Leads Cold Cases," interviewed Lt. James Gaffney, a police lieutenant with the Village of Mamaroneck police department in Westchester County, New York and founder of Bright Line Police Consulting, a police training organization. Lt. Gaffney gives his immediate impressions of the shooter in Los Angeles, comparing this shooter to several other very recent mass shootings, such as those in Columbine, Newtown, Virginia Tech and others. He points out that such shootings can be stopped before they progress to a point where the police are simply responding to an unfolding catastrophe. Lt. Gaffney also discusses the importance of recognizing early warning signs in the psychological profile of a potential Active Shooter, such as threatening suicide, talking about killing others, or mental instability. He explains how members of the community and the media should be working more closely with law enforcement to stop these mass killings which, according to authorities, have tripled in number in the last decade.