1. Active Shooter Response Plan

2. Protect and Serve Cheyney University Police Department. Lawrence W
Protect and Serve Cheyney University Police Department. Lawrence W. Richards, Chief of Police

3. Cheyney University Features:
Strong law enforcement presence and response capability
Dedicated and concerned community base
Multiple means for reporting emergencies and alerting the community to an emergency
Solidly constructed facilities
Places of refuge
Multiple escape routes

4. Emergency Numbers EMERGENCY SERVICES: 9 -1 -1
DELAWARE COUNTY POLICE FIRE & AMBULANCE:
LOCAL HOSPITAL – Riddle Memorial:
LOCAL FBI FIELD OFFICE:
CHEYNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT:
ADDRESS: UNIVERSITY CIRCLE – CHEYNEY PA
BLDG: MCKNIGHT-ROGERS

5. Contacting Emergency Personnel
9-911
Keep in mind that emergency circuits may be overwhelmed
Busy signal
Multiple rings
911 or 2405 for immediate response from the University Police Department

6. Active Shooter Defined
A suspect or assailant whose activity is immediately causing death and serious injury
Threat is not contained and there is immediate risk of death and injury

7. Profile of an Active Shooter
Attempts to kill people in a confined spot heavily populated
Uses a firearm
No pattern or method to the selection of victims
Unpredictable
Over quickly – before Law Enforcement arrives

8. Profile - Active Shooter
Considered the greatest terrorist threat on campuses
Cheyney Police implement nationally accepted law enforcement response plans
You need to be informed of law enforcement’s response plan so you can take protective measures – be prepared mentally and physically.

9. Active Shooter’s Intent is to Kill and Injure
BE ALERT
BE PREPARED
TAKE NOTE OF EXITS
IF IN AN OFFICE, SECURE THE DOOR
IF IN THE HALLWAY, FIND A ROOM, SECURE THE DOOR
LAST RESORT – TAKE THE SHOOTER DOWN
IF YOU CAN’T FLEE, YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL ARE GREATER WHEN YOU TRY TO INCAPICITATE.

10. How to Respond
Determine the most reasonable way to protect your own life. Students will follow your example:
Evacuate
Leave your belongings
Help others if possible
Prevent students from entering an area where the shooter might be.
Keep your hands visible
Do not attempt to move wounded people
Follow instructions from Police

11. Hide Out
If evacuation is not possible, find a place to hide out of the shooter’s view.
Hiding place should be:
Out of view
Provide protection if shots are fired – (an office with a closed locked door)
Shouldn’t trap you or restrict your movement.

12. If the Shooter is nearby…
Lock the door
Block the door with furniture
Silence your cell phone
Turn off any source of noise (radio, tv)
Hide behind large items (desk, closet)
Remain quiet

13. Your Response Your actions will influence others Stay calm
Assure others that you and the police are working to protect them

14. Your Response
Secure the immediate area – whether classroom, bathroom, or office.
Lock the door.
Most doors in the university are solid core, and many walls are block and brick. This may provide some protection.
Block the door using whatever is available – desks, file cabinets, books, other furniture…
If the shooter enters your room and leaves, lock/barricade the door behind him.
If able to do so safely, allow others to seek refuge with you.

15. If you can’t evacuate or hide?
Remain calm
Dial 911
If you can’t speak, leave the line open so the 911 operator can hear what’s happening.

16. Last Resort - take action against the shooter
Only when your life is in imminent danger…
Attempt to disrupt or incapacitate the active shooter by:
A. Act aggressively against him/her
B. Throw items – improvise weapons
C. Yell

17. How to respond when police arrive…
Purpose of police? Stop the active shooter ASAP – police will proceed to the last known area where the shots were heard.
Police arrive in teams with tactical equipment.
Police may shout commands and push people to the ground for safety

18. How to react when police arrive
Remain calm, follow police instructions
Put down any items in your hands (bags, jackets etc.)
Raise your hands, spread your fingers, keep hands visible at all times
Avoid pointing, screaming, grabbing onto officers

19. What do I need to tell Police or 911?
Location of the active shooter
Number of shooters
Physical description
Number and type of weapons if known
Number of potential victims on location

20. Emergency Action Plan The Plan includes:
Method for reporting emergencies
Evacuation policy and procedure
Contact information
Notification system to alert hospitals, law enforcement etc.

21. Training Exercises Mock training exercises will train staff to:
Recognize the sound of gunshots
React quickly when shots are heard by:
Evacuating the area; Hiding out
Acting against the shooter as a last resort; Calling 911;Adopting a survival mindset during a crisis

22. Additional ways to Prepare and Prevent
Ensure the CU has 2 evacuation routes
Post evacuation routes throughout CU
Include Law Enforcement and First Responders during training exercises
Encourage Law Enforcement, SWAT teams, etc to train at CU
Be aware and alert of workplace violence and take action

23. Our Responsibilities – Seconds Count

24. Building Manager Responsibility
Disseminate emergency messages to building staff and occupants thru
Phone tree
Paging, etc.
Encourage Directors, and/or Department Chairs to bring training to individual departments for all staff.

25. Human Resource Responsibility
Conduct effective employee screening and background checks
Create a system for reporting signs of potentially violent behavior
Offer counseling services to employees
Develop an EAP which includes dealing with Active Shooter situations action planning

26. Facility Manager Responsibilities
Institute access controls (i.e., keys, security system pass codes)
Distribute critical items to appropriate managers / employees, including:
Floor plans; Keys; Facility personnel lists and telephone numbers

27. Facilities cont’d
Work together with CU Police to ensure the physical security of the location
Assemble crisis kits containing: - radios; floor plans; staff roster, and staff emergency contact numbers; first aid kits; flashlights
Place floor plans near entrances and exits; Activate the emergency notification system

28. CU Police Responsibility
Law enforcement will immediately respond to the area.
CU Police goal - to locate, contain, and stop the shooter.
Containing the shooter is priority after this is neutralized, then, treating the wounded and evacuation will occur.
Treat wounded
Evacuate the building

29. Potential Workplace Violence
An active shooter may be a current or former employee, or an
acquaintance of a current or former employee.
potentially violent behavior in an employee.
Alert HR if an employee or coworker exhibits potentially violent behavior.

30. Indicators of potentially violent employees
Increased use of alcohol and/or illegal drugs
Unexplained absenteeism; vague physical complaints
Depression / withdrawal
Resistance and overreaction to changes in policy and procedures
Repeated violations of policies

31. Indicators cont’d Increased severe mood swings
Explosive outbursts of anger or rage
Suicidal; comments about “putting things in order”
Behavior which is suspect of paranoia, (“everybody is against me”)
Increasingly talks of problems at home

32. More Indicators…
Escalation of domestic problems into the workplace; talk of severe financial problems
Talk of previous incidents of violence
Empathy with individuals committing violence

33. The Aftermath…What to do…
After the active shooter is no longer a threat…
Take a head count
Notify the families
Assess the psychological condition of those at the scene

34. Closing Statement
We can no longer predict the origin of the next threat
Assailants in some recent incidents across the country were not students or employees
There were no obvious specific targets and the victims were unaware they were targets, until attacked

35. Discussion and Questions
What if…