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Pro-Active Shooter Preparedness

22nd Annual CUNA HR/TD Council Conference

Orlando, Florida

Agenda

• What is an Active Shooter?• Employer Considerations• Employee Training• Awareness

Definitions

Active Shooter:An individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined or populated area

Mass Killing:Four or more people killed in a single incident

Mass Shooting:No official definition

Definitions agreed to by the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Active Shooter - Defined

Active Shooter Incidents do not include:• Gang Violence• Drug related fatalities• Deaths that occur during a bank robbery• Acts of Terrorism

Why isn’t Terrorism Included?

According to law enforcement:• Terrorists and Active Shooters often have different

objectives• Police response may be different

However….

Active Shooter or Terrorism?

San Bernardino showed that they are often one and the same:

Active Shooter Incidents – Frequency

Between 2000 and 2013 there were 160 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States :• 2000-2006: 6.4 Annually• 2007-2013: 16.4 Annually

FBI: A study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013 (2014)

Active Shooter Incidents - Location


Active Shooter Incidents - Duration

• 70% end in 5 minutes or less• 15% in 2 minutes or less• 67% before the police arrive

Why so quick?


Columbine• Before Columbine, the first officer on the scene would wait

for back up before entering an Active Shooter scene• Since Columbine, in the United States the first officer on the

scene will enter an Active Shooter scene immediately, with the premise of stopping the incident as soon as possible

Shooters also know this

How do Active Shooter Incidents End?

• 46% by force (lethal or being restrained)• 40% by suicide• 14% by arrest

NYPD: Active Shooter Recommendations and Analysis for Risk Mitigation

Active Shooter Incidents – Can This Happen?

It is 18 times more likely that your company will experience an active shooter incident than

a fire.

If you have plans for one, why not the other?

ACP Webinar – Active Shooter in Your Workplace: Tactical Planning and Response

Employer Considerations - OSHA

Occupational Safety & Health Administration General Duty Clause, Section 5 (a)(1):

• Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees

• In several lawsuits courts have ruled that Active Shooter Incidents are now a “recognized hazard” to employees


Standard 1910.38:• An employer must have an emergency action plan• An emergency action plan must be in writing, kept in the

workplace, and available to employees for review (10 or more employees)

• Plan must contain procedures for emergency evacuation, including type of evacuation and exit route assignments


Standard 1910.38:Just having evacuation routes posted on the walls is

not considered an Emergency Action Plan!

Employer Considerations – Today’s Environment

Your Employee’s children:• Many schools are now conducting these types of drills• “If my kids have these drills at school, why doesn’t my job?”

Employer Considerations – Today’s Environment

Employer Considerations - Workplace Violence

Question:

Do you have a Workplace Violence Policy?

Employer Considerations - Workplace Violence• Your policy should cover all realistic scenarios• An Active Shooter Incident is the most aggressive form of

Workplace Violence

2013 Cascade Employers Association Poll


Question:

Do you have a Workplace Violence Program?

What is the difference?


A Program includes ongoing training

Active Shooter Training - Employee Training

We want to train employees, not alarm themHow do we achieve this?


Introduce this as part of your existing life safety program:• Tornado/Shelter in Place • Fire/Evacuation• Active Shooter

You are just adding another layer to the procedures for worst case scenarios that employees are already familiar with


Question:

Who remembers what they were taught as a child to do in the event of a fire?


Stop, Drop, Roll


There is a similar saying for Active Shooter Incidents:

Run, Hide, Fight


Run, Hide, Fight• Run – Leaving the building is your first goal• Hide – If leaving is not an option, hide• Fight – The least desirable option. Only do this if

your life is immediately in danger

Run, Hide, Fight - Run

Run• Leave building only if safe to do so• Encourage others to go with you – but don’t linger• Visualize/know your entire route before leaving• Closest Exit – Not exit of habit


Question:

Is your parking lot your Assembly Area for building evacuations?


First Responders need your parking lot

Run, Hide, Fight - Hide

Hide• Locked Rooms (Conference Rooms, Offices)• Rooms with no windows• Barricaded Rooms

A shooter knows their time is limited


Most Important – Be QuietNo talking and silence your cell phones

Run, Hide, Fight - Fight

Fight? Really????

1 in 8 of all Active Shooter Incidents end when unarmed

citizens (not police/security) intervened and restrained the shooter


Run, Hide, Fight - FightBut I am not a fighter!

Run, Hide, Fight - Fight

If you can’t Run or Hide, and your life is in danger:

Confuse/Stun/Distract:• Loud noises• Thrown objects/liquids• The power of the group

Run, Hide, Fight - Video

Run, Hide, Fight • Funded by Department of Homeland Security• Only six minutes long• Available on YouTube – no cost to you


The Police have arrived. Now what?


Police Response:• Goal is to find and neutralize threat• Will not stop to treat wounded

Active Shooter Training - Employee TrainingPolice Response:• Do not know who is suspect and who is employee• Hands visible, open and up


It takes a long time to clear a building – this is not the movies!Sandy Hook Elementary:• Took over 6.5 hours to clear• Think about the size of your office compared to a school


We want to add one step to Run, Hide, Fight:

Alert

The most important step???

“Alert, Run, Hide, Fight” concept credit to Bo Mitchell


• 70% end in 5 minutes or less• 15% in 2 minutes or less• 67% before the police arrive

The sooner your employees know what is happening, the sooner they are able to get out of danger


Public Address System:• Plain language, not codes• Announce as Active Shooter

Question:

Why?


Public Address System: Plain Language• If your employees only train once a year they won’t

remember what “Elvis has left the building means”• New employees and visitors don’t know your code

words


Also use every method of communication you have:• Email• Text

• Walkie Talkies/Radios


Question: Do you pull the fire alarm?


We do not pull the fire alarm:

If we do, people will be looking for a fire,not a shooter

Active Shooter Training - Awareness

Active Shooter Incidents are often the result of people who don’t have appropriate coping mechanisms to deal with major life changes:• Perceived Grievance• Financial Stress• Change in Relationship• Change in Living Status• Loss of job

FBI/Tampa INFRAGARD Meeting April 2015

Active Shooter Incident - Awareness

Stages of Violent Intent:1. Grievance2. Ideation3. Research and Planning4. Preparation5. Breach6. Attack

Frederick S. Calhoun, “Contemporary Threat Management: A Practical Guide for Identifying, Assessing, and Managing Individuals of Violent Intent”


In approximately 80% of school shootings, at least one person

had information that the attacker was thinking about, or planning, an act of violence.



These are usually planned events. Other people are often aware or have concerns about the person.

What does your company have in place?


• See Something Say Something Programs• Anonymous Employee Hotlines• Employee Assistance Programs• Outside Threat Assessments• Possible employee loss of protections under ADA


What do you do about recently terminated employees??

We disabled their badge and walked them out, isn’t that enough?


Recently terminated employees – Challenges:• “I forgot my badge”/piggybacking

• Security guards may know names, not faces

• 74% of Active Shooters in 2012 entered through front door

And the biggest challenge…



The biggest challenge with a recently terminated employee:

Other employees don’t often know the person shouldn’t be there



Have escalated termination policies in place that include:• Escorting terminated employee from premises• Ways for the person to return company owned assets• Increased Physical Security• Who to notify:

• Security• IT• Management• Co-workers• All Employees

Active Shooters in the Workplace

Questions? James GreenPSCU Business Continuity Program [email protected]

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