1. Active Shooter

2. What is an Active Shooter?
Intent on killing or injuring as many people as possible in as short time as possible
Set off by a “trigger”
Usually planned
Feel helpless and want to “payback”
Usually suicidal

3. Not to Be Captured Usually ends in Suicide May be suicide by cop
No talking or negotiating

4. Happens Quickly Planning lasts for weeks or months
May have a blog, wants to air grievances
Killing lasts minutes
If delayed, may become a hostage situation

5. They have no intention of leaving alive
What type of place do you think an active shooter would choose?
Auditorium
Lunch Rooms
Gym
Library
Even School Bus

6. DHS Video

7. What Does He Want? To make a Statement
To Inflict as many casualties as possible in a short period of time

8. Run Get Away – if possible
Use any way possible, fire escapes, emergency windows.
He cannot shoot you if he can’t catch you
Don’t delay – stay and be slaughtered

9. Hide Sometimes escape is not possible
You may be responsible for immobile persons
Darken the room
Lock/block the door
Be quiet
If you are found, you will die!
The shooter is not going to waste time

10. Lockdown
Purpose of a “lockdown” or “lockout” is to limit the access of the shooter
Protects the employee and helps the police locate him

11. Fight
If you have no other option

12. If You Have No Other Option

13. Fight Act Aggressively Act Violently Act Ferociously
Show no Mercy – He will Kill you and/or your kids/clients

14. If you don’t have a plan, you are going to die!
Use whatever you can get your hands on
Choose your moment and go hard, don’t miss, and don’t stop
Reality
If you don’t have a plan, you are going to die!

15. Do not do anything which might be considered aggressive
What Can You Expect?
Police dressed in different uniforms
Police from many agencies
Police on high alert, jumpy, focused on the threat
Do not do anything which might be considered aggressive

16. You will probably be handcuffed and searched
Smoke may fill the room
People may be begging for help and crying
The floor may be slippery from blood
EMS People will enter once they consider it safe

17. Police will initially ignore any injured
They will not initially render first aid
Medical Personnel will not come in until it is safe
People will be crying and begging for help.
The Floor will be cluttered with bodies

18. What Will Be Expected of You?
INFORMATION!
Where Should They Enter
Someone familiar with building and incident
Description of Perpetrator
Where Seen Last

19. Someone to stay on the phone with 911
Don’t distract or interfere with the police
Don’t talk to anyone except the police

20. Hostage
As the event drags on, the perpetrator will have second thoughts.
Event transitions into a hostage situation
Much more stable and survival prospects increase