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ACTIVE SHOOTER SCHOOL TRAINING
2014
Fog of TerrorChaosFear
Our goal is to share information with those that could find themselves in one of these critical events and provide training
for an “active shooter” incident and a frame of reference.
Presentation Outline
Case StudiesSituational AwarenessMind-set of an Active ShooterRun, Hide & FightLaw Enforcement Response
Columbine High School
1 Teacher Murdered12 Students Murdered20 Students Injured
Characteristics of Shooters During Incident
DeliberateRoboticNo Fear
Jared Cano
Friend tipped police active shooter plan Cano expelledFantasized killing more than VirginaTech/Columbine/Norway Summer Camp 2011Planned to commit suicideCano video taped his plans prior to his arrest
Newtown, CT December 14, 2012Sandy Hook Elementary School
Adam Lanza – 20 years oldKilled MotherSemi-auto AR-15 Assault Rifle2 hand guns28 dead including 20 childrenSuicide• Loner• Asperger Syndrome• Spent most of time on a computer playing violent video games• Quiet to a depth which could not be penetrated
Waseca Junior/Senior High SchoolMinnesota 2013
The Plan
• Kill family• Diversionary fire in rural area to distract first
responders• Violent plans in 180 page notebook filled with notes on
school shootings and massacres• Critiqued other school events
Promised a bigger shooting event• Practiced setting off bombs at a nearby playground• Neighbor tipped police after seeing Ladue entering
storage unit filled with supplies
The Goal“Take out as many students he could”
The Clock is Ticking….
5 Year Study of 65 Events:
Someone dies every 15 seconds
Typical event is over in 3 to 4 minutes
Police response is 5 to 7 minutes
FRAME OF REFERENCEYou have a frame of reference when;You have Thoughts, Feelings about an issue
You have a strong frame of reference when:You have personal experiences with an issue
It is difficult to have a Frame of Reference about an issue if :•Have no feelings about it•You have no personal experience (behavioral) with it•You have never thought about it•DO NOT BELIEVE IT COULD EVER HAPPEN TO YOU
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER
They “told” some one
Shooting is planned
Motive is revenge- “make it fair”
History of depression
78% suicidal at time of shooting
Student was “different”
Acting out their emotional needs
LIFE EXPERIENCES OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER(CASE STUDIES)
• Abused and or felt abused• Socially isolated• Socially anxious• Aggressive as children• Chronically depressed• “Odd kids” have few friends if any• “Odd kids” are teased• “Odd kids” try their parents’ patience and love
• Threats• Allusions to violence• Excessive or intimidating reference to mass murder or
shooting sprees, real or fiction• Intimidating weapon comments• Depression or suicidal thoughts• Paranoia• Repeatedly accusing other people of causing one’s
problems• Unreasonable complaints
LIFE EXPERIENCES OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER
(CASE STUDIES)
CONT..
With their guns they are acting out
EMOTIONAL NEEDS
To be heard/seen
To be recognized
To be seen as powerful
To have their unbelievable pain and rage acknowledged
BIOLOGY
NORMAL BRAIN ACTIVITY- ProactiveKillers-kill to achieve a thought out goal–ierobbery
ABNORMAL BRAIN ACTIVITY- Reactive Killers-kill in response to real or imagined-insults-ie school shooters
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REACTIVE KILLERS
Low prefrontal activity
High limbic activity
High cingulate gyrus activity
Aggressive-Obsessive-No empathy-
BIOLOGY
MIDDLE SCHOOL vs HIGH SCHOOL
Middle School shooters: are usually alivewhen first responders arrive
High School/College shooters: are usually not alive when first responders arrive
What you can expect of yourself
1. Hyperventilation
2. Accelerated Heart Rate
3. Adrenaline Rush
4. Loss of Peripheral Vision
5. Diminished hearing
Three Phases of Our Mental Disaster Response
Denial
Deliberation
Decisive Moment
This Can’t Be Happening
Denial…Underestimating the severity
Denial is delaying action
Delaying action costs time
Delaying action can cost lives
Denial and Social Proof
Diffusion of Responsibility
• In ambiguous situations we look at others for cues on how to act
• If they do nothing, you will do nothing
• If they act, you will act
Deliberation We made it past
Denial
Now decide what to do….
Fear enters the equation
Brain not working well
Deliberation
Stress Side Effects
Ability to think is seriously impaired
Vision narrows
Time distortion
Auditory exclusion
Fine motor skills deteriorate
Programming Responses
Think through events before a disaster
Plan your response
Practice your response
“The best way to get the brain to perform under extreme stress is to repeatedly run it through rehearsals beforehand…”
Decisive Moment
Denied
Deliberated
Time to ACT!
Be Prepared
“The one thing you don’t ever want to do is have to think in a disaster”….9/11 Survivor
RUNHIDE
FIGHT
RUN! Always Be Aware
Know Escape Routes
Exits
Windows
Decide to Leave at First Opportunity and Report
Go into LockdownMode
LOCK! Lock Doors
Barricade access points
Door stops
Furniture
Rope doors closed
Cover windows
Darken room
Go into Run mode again
Lockdown Considerations Barricading doors:
Outward opening
Eye bolts
Rope
Inward opening
Furniture
Kick bars
Door stops
FIGHT!!
Have a survivor’s (not a victim’s) mindset
Decide right now that your are going to do whatever it takes to survive
Getting shot does not mean that you are dead
You can and must keep going!
Law Enforcement
The older tactics used were to contain the suspect and wait for tactical teams to arrive to make entry.
Today, rapid deployment by all law enforcement personnel should be used to minimize harm to innocent persons.
Law Enforcement Assessment
Activity
On-going violence (active shooter)
Placing or detonating explosives designed to cause injury
Number of Suspects involved
Increased potential for mass casualties
Immediate Action / Rapid Deployment
Rapid Deployment Objectives:
1. Save lives
2. Locate the threat
3. Neutralize the threat
4. Remove the threat
5. Contain the threat
HOSTAGE RESCUEIf suspect alone
Treat as barricaded gunmanContainPrevent ability to move negotiation
If suspect with hostages
ContainNegotiationsLaw Enforcement concealment, close enough to enter area
If suspect begins to endanger hostages –SWAT Members will immediately intervene-Glass breaking, explosions, bright lights, smoke – speed, shock, surprise
Hostage Compliance
J.P. Coroner OfficeTeen Life Counts
2013/2014 School Year
2,963 Students Interviewed462 Referrals
DepressionAnxietyCuttingBurningSuicidal
Self Referral
Peer Referral
School System Pro-Active Approach
• Communicate with students encouraging reporting of suspicious activity
• Use technology to create a mechanism indicators of potentially violent behavior and sending alerts about incidents
• Policy to immediately report suspicious persons on campus grounds especially anyone scaling fences
• Automated notification system if an event develops
• Plans for the arrival of law enforcement• Open lines of communication with students
family
Department of Justice-Strategic Approach
• Post-event evidence identified that changes in the subjects’ behavior were not effectively communicate in ways that could have prevented tragedies.
• Many recent events have involved offenders who were knows to have mental health problems. Mental health problems are contributing factors to the violence
• Natural order of family unit is to protect and care for its members; however the family has the potential to serve as first source of identifying problems
• Cultural shift-reporting abnormal behavior is in best interest of society – a civic responsibility -
Final Thought
IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT, IT IS TEAMWORKAND PREPARATION, WHICH WILL PROTECT INNOCENT PERSONS AND SAVE LIVES.