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Active Shooter

Active Shooter. The Community Response. Active Shooter. Community training started in 2006 Lessons learned from Columbine Training focuses on options… Police response Campus notifications Plan, Plan, Plan !!!!!!!. DEADLIEST U.S. SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. 2007-04-16 Virginia Tech

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Active Shooter

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  1. Active Shooter The Community Response

  2. Active Shooter • Community training started in 2006 • Lessons learned from Columbine • Training focuses on options… • Police response • Campus notifications • Plan, Plan, Plan !!!!!!!

  3. DEADLIEST U.S. SCHOOL SHOOTINGS • 2007-04-16 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA (33 fatalities) • 2012-12-14 Sandy Hook Elementary School Newtown, CT (28 fatalities) • 1999-04-20 Columbine High School Littleton, CO (15 fatalities)

  4. “Within the span of 16 minutes, the gunman killed 13 people and wounded 21 others.

  5. Sandy Hook Elementary School • Adam Lanza (20, Male), Fatality (Suicide) • Occurred on Dec 14, 2012 • Adam Lanza, an honors student with no criminal record, shot and killed 26 people, including 20 first-grader children, 6-7 years old (12 girls, 8 boys). It was the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, after the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. Lanza died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

  6. The Active Shooter Defined • An uncontained assailant whose controlling activity is immediately causing death and/or serious injury

  7. Active Shooter • Incidents of targeted violence at schools rarely were sudden, impulsive acts • Most Attackers had no history of prior violent or criminal behavior • Considered the greatest terrorist threat on campuses

  8. Mentality of Active Shooter • Desire is to kill and seriously injure without concern for his safety or threat of capture • Normally has intended victims and will search them out • Will continue to move throughout building/area until stopped by law enforcement, suicide, or other intervention

  9. Columbine Lessons Learned • Officers don’t wait for SWAT • 2-4 Officers immediately enter • Goal is to immediately locate, contain, and stop the shooter

  10. Your Role During a Shooting • Immediate and safe escape • Secure in place • Lock and barricade doors • Close blinds • Turn off lights • Stay calm and quiet • Overpower?? • Personal safety • Leader not Hero • *Remember mentality of shooter*

  11. Departmental / Individual Planning • Department “All Hazard” Plan • KISS • Have a plan “B” because “A” will fail • Murphy's Law • Where do I go, what do I do? • Rally points • Practice, Practice, Practice • *Be prepared not paranoid*

  12. Contacting Us… • 911 Emergency • 962-2222 Non-Emergency • Anonymous e-mail • Anonymous Tip Line 962-TIPS • police@uncw.edu • Nearest Call Box • Text a Tip: text “Tip708”, your message and send to CRIMES (274637) or online www.tips708.com. This service is available in cooperation with the Wilmington Police Department. Police Department 5126 Lionfish Drive (Walton at Lionfish)

  13. What to Report Assailant(s) Specific location Number of assailant(s) Race and Gender Clothing color and style Physical features – height, weight, facial hair, glasses Type of weapons (rifle/shotgun, handgun) Backpack Do you recognize the shooter? What’s his name? Have you heard explosions separate from gunshots?

  14. General Safety Tips • Always go with your gut instinct • Be observant • Limit opportunity for crime • Report anything suspicious • Escorts and assistance • Be Safe!!!

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