Preparing for an Active Shooter Incident: 11 Tips from a Commander
“One’s survival strategy must reflect that person’s physical and psychological characteristics, location, and the nature of the threat itself.”
“One’s survival strategy must reflect that person’s physical and psychological characteristics, location, and the nature of the threat itself.”
Officers conducting the training at an Indiana elementary school made teachers kneel down and face a wall before shooting them in their backs with pellets.
Some K-12 schools and colleges have chosen to “arm” students and teachers with items that can be used as weapons against an active shooter.
The school’s police chief, who is also a hockey coach, suggested the object when asked what to use if fighting is the only option against an active shooter.
A recent editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine recommends the new strategy for areas of hospitals with incapacitated patients.
UW-Whitewater officials blame the error on a “technical issue with the system” and have brought in technical experts to help investigate.
The active shooter safety video was distributed to all 23 CSU campuses in January and was shared on social media earlier this month.
Mass notification messages should complement the instructions we’re giving our campus communities.
Lockdown/shelter in place is a very effective civilian response to active shooters.
Opinion: Campuses must move beyond a simple lockdown-only plan and integrate the survival options of Run-Hide-Fight into their plans and training.