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Mass Shooting
Inland Regional Center (IRC)
Municipality
San Bernardino
State
California – CA
Zip Code
92408
Region
West
Division
Pacific
Incident Date
December 2, 2015
Venue Type
Other
Killed
14
Injured
22

Ranking Data

Preventable Factors/Rankings
141 1622286229 Parental Failures/Interventions Lacking – Parent(s) Negligent for Inaction Against Dependent Child (Perpetrator) Behavioral Red Flag Law(s) Nonexistent - Behavioral Red Flag Law(s) Nonexistent Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Behavior Personally Erratic/Deviated from Individual/Societal Norms Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Was in Directed and Overt Incident Preparatory Mode Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Expressed Suicidal Ideation and/or Suicide by Police and/or Expressed Violent Intentions Privately and/or Publicly in Person and/or In Any Medium Commercial Establishment Failure - Commercial Establishment Failure Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Custodial Issues - Questionable Release/Remand of Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Questionable "Blue Paper" Rejections of Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Questionable Search Warrant Rejection(s) for Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Law Enforcement Failure - Delayed Response or Inaction to Perpetrator(s) at Incident Scene Criminal Justice System Failures - Law Enforcement Failure - Delayed/Ignored/or No Follow-up to Telltale Perpetrator(s) Event(s) Preceding Incident Criminal Justice System Failures - Probation/Parole Failure - Failure to Pursue/Report Probation/Parole Violation(s) for Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Prosecutorial Failure - Failure to Pursue Warranted Criminal Charges Against Perpetrator(s) and/or Failure to Petition the Court for a Red Flag Hearing Gun Laws Inadequate - Inadequate Gun Law(s) Contributed to Perpetrator(s) Execution of the Incident Gun Laws Inadequate - Inadequate Gun Law(s) Exacerbated the Incident Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Attested to Mental Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Charged With Mental Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Identified With Metal Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) School System Failures/Interventions Lacking – School Officials Negligent for Inaction Against Perpetrator(s) Unnecessarily Accessible Perpetrator(s) Weapon(s) - Weapon(s) Was Unnecessarily Accessible to the Perpetrator Venue Lacked Armed Individuals/Personnel - Venue Lacked Armed Individuals (Civilians)/Personnel (Military/Police/Security)3 Venue Structural Security Lacking - Venue Had Limited Structural Security Venue Structural Security Lacking - Venue Structural Security was Nonexistent Venue Perimeter Security Lacking - Venue Had Limited Perimeter Security Venue Perimeter Security Lacking - Venue Perimeter Security was Nonexistent Vexatious Cascade of Events Beset Perpetrator(s) - Vexatious Cascade of Events Beset Perpetrator(s) Whatever System Failure - Whatever System Failure
    Blatant Rankings - Points Doubled
    0
    Preventable Rankings Score
    3
    Preventable Status
    Largely Unpreventable

    Preventable Factors

    Preventable Factor Details

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    Takeaway(s): —Armed personnel, good guys with guns, need to be in every venue. Incident Preventable Factor(s): —Venue Lacked Armed Individuals/Personnel – Venue Lacked Armed Individuals (Civilians)/Personnel (Military/Police/Security): There is no information concerning whether there were armed personnel at at the Inland Regional Center (IRC) at the time of the incident, or if there was, the personnel didn’t choose to engage the perpetrators. In all likelihood there wasn’t armed personnel present, but as always, having one or more armed personnel capable of effectively engaging these perpetrators would have likely reduced significantly the number of people killed and injured. Editor’s Note: Surprisingly, there are no other rankings for this incident. The following information demonstrates, at least in part, why that is the case: According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation, the perpetrators were “homegrown violent extremists” inspired by foreign terrorist groups. They were not directed by such groups and were not part of any terrorist cell or network. FBI investigators have said that [perpetrator] and [perpetrator] had become radicalized over several years prior to the attack, consuming “poison on the internet” and expressing a commitment to jihadism and martyrdom in private messages to each other. [perpetrator] and [perpetrator] had traveled to Saudi Arabia in the years before the attack. The couple had amassed a large stockpile of weapons, ammunition, and bomb-making equipment in their home. The New York Times reported that “by all accounts so far, the government had no concrete intelligence warning of the assault,” although the federal government has long feared “homegrown, self-radicalized individuals operating undetected before striking one of many soft targets” in the United States. 1 The mass shooting in San Bernardino on December 2, 2015, once again launched criticisms of the competency of security infrastructure in tracking “lone wolf” terrorist plots. Though it is possible attackers discussed jihadist leaning privately online before the shooting, the trail they left was so small-scale as to be negligible, and was undetected by authorities until after the fact. Faced with “lone wolf” attacks that are difficult to detect and even harder to prevent, security officials face the increasingly vital question of how to successfully counter individually orchestrated and perpetrated attacks. 2 Source(s): 1. None. Last Edited May 29, 2021. “2015 San Bernardino Attack”. Wikipedia. Retereived May 29, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_San_Bernardino_attack#. 2. Kazar, Leah. December 17, 2015. “San Bernardino Shooting Highlights Security Challenges Posed by ‘Lone Wolf’ Attacks”. European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC). Retrieved May 29, 2021, from http://www.esisc.org/upload/publications/briefings/san-bernardino-shooting-highlights-security-challenges-posed-by-lone-wolf-attacks/San%20Bernardino%202015.pdf.

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    2
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    Record Information

    Last Updated
    Lexar
    Record ID
    14
    Private ID
    QRK888K
    Date Recorded
    2021-05-28 19:47:53
    Date Updated
    2023-10-22 03:39:46
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