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After Action Reports of Selected Terrorist Attacks and Active Attacks

The following are After Action Reports and synopses of incidents that may be discussed in the Houston Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack (CCTA) Program’s Seminar Series, produced by the University of Houston College of Technology

  • Aurora Century 16 Theater Shooting (20 July 2012)

Aurora Century 16 Theater Shooting After Action Report for the City of Aurora

https://www.policefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Aurora-Century-16-Theater-Shooting_AAR.pdf 

  • Austin Package Bomber (March 2018)

Not published

  • Boston Marathon Bombing (15 April 2013)

After Action Report for the Response to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings

https://www.policefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/after-action-report-for-the-response-to-the-2013-boston-marathon-bombings_0.pdf 

  • Charlie Hedbo Attack, Paris, France (7 January 2015)

Not published

  • Dallas Police Shootings (7 July 2016)

Not published 

  • El Paso Walmart Shooting (3 August 2019)

Not published

  • Muhammad Cartoon Festival Attack in Garland, Texas (3 May 2015)

Not published

  • Las Vegas Harvest Music Festival Shootings (1 October 2017)

1 October After Action Report                                        

AAR Final | PDF | Las Vegas | Clark County, Nevada (scribd.com) 

  • Mumbai Terrorist Attacks (December 2008)

The Lessons of Mumbai

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/occasional_papers/2009/RAND_OP249.pdf 

  • Paris Attacks (13 November 2015)

The Attacks on Paris: Lessons Learned

hsac-paris-lessons-learned_whitepaper.pdf (pepperdine.edu) 

  • Pulse Nightclub Attack (12 June 2016)

Rescue, Response and Resilience: A Police Foundation Review of the Orlando Pulse Nightclub Attack                                                          

 https://incidentreviews.org/orlando/ 

  • San Bernardino Terrorist Attacks (2 December 2015)

Bringing Calm To Chaos: A Police Foundation Review of the San Bernardino Terrorist Attacks                                                                           

 https://incidentreviews.org/san-bernardino/ 

  • Sutherland Springs Church Shooting (5 November 2017)

Not published 

  • Washington Navy Yard Attack (16 September 2013)

After Action Report Washington Navy Yard September 16, 2013

Internal Review Of The Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/publication/attachments/MPD%20AAR_Navy%20Yard_Posting_07-2014.pdf