Active shooter

Active Shooter Situations Time after time the news reports another active shooter attacking both hard and soft targets. A snapshot into active shooter incidents provided by the FBI states that there were 160 activate shooters incidents between 2003 and 2013, which averaged to about 11.4 incidents a year; In these 160 incidents there were 1,043 casualties where 486 were killed and 557 were wounded. The FBI notes of the 160 incidents, “an average of 6.4 incidents occurred in the first 7 years studied

To be better prepared for active shooter situations it is important to understand the history and make up of an active shooter, and what to do in the event of an active shooter situation. Active shooter situations are becoming more and more frequent, due to the fact that they are rising in occurrences, it is essential to know how you can better prepare yourself for such an event. An active shooter is defined as, “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined

Active shooters have become a major issue today. A shooter will open fire in a public and crowded place like a school, concert, or church. There have been over 200 hundred active shootings since 2017. Being prepared for the unexpected is the best thing an individual can do. Knowing what to do during an active shooter situation is extremely important. A New York Times article said,” It can be chilling to consider, but the more prepared you are, the better your chances of survival” (Hauser). An individual

Active School Shooter Introduction The intention of this paper is to look at and present some issues and strategies that members of a school community think about when trying to create safer schools. Particularly when addressing an active shooter in a school setting. A major issue to consider when trying to keep all schools safe, is the simple fact that no two schools are the same. Understanding this can lead us to the conclusion that it is impossible to have one global plan or program that can

The Evolution of Police Response to Active Shooters Whenever they occur, active shooter situations grip media headlines and create new discussions into the ways in which we as a nation can prevent them in the future. The U.S. Department of Justice (n.d.) defines an active shooter as, “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area” (para.1). The reason we see more active threat incidents in the news is not due to the media, but because there has been an

Active Shooter’s: A Summary The vast majority of federal agencies define an active shooter event as a person purposefully killing or attempting to kill as many people as possible in a confined public area. Active shooter events do not include gang or drug related violence regardless of the number of individuals killed. All mass homicides, such as those committed with a weapon other than a firearm. Or even necessarily any event or crime committed with the use of a firearm, such as an accidental

Over the last thirty years, there have been many different methods to preparing for an active shooter in a school. These methods include lock down, code words, run/hide/flight, and Alert, Lock down, Inform, Counter, Evacuate. (A.L.I.C.E). Some of these methods have been more effective than others. A lock down situation varies in each school; however, the method encompasses the same overall strategy. First, doors are closed and locked. Second, students move to an area of the classroom away from the

Active Shooter An Active Shooter situation is not the same as mass killings, mass fatalities, or even serial murder. Nor is it the same as gang killings or a disgruntled family member killing other family members. It is defined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as: “An individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims. Active

Active Shooters have sadly become a large issue within our society, both nationally and worldwide. Since there is no true way to extinguish the act of active shooting on school campuses, one must be proactive by staying informed on safety methods for such situations. This is the motive behind the various Active Shooter Programs conducted at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. These programs aim not to embed fear into students, but to instead spread awareness. As the speaker said during the presentation

Police Department’s approach to active shooters and the response to those incidents have changed drastically over the last (2) decades. To put it differently, Police Administrators now realize that the original tactics used to respond to active shooter incidents weren’t the best options available. It is best to first realize what the actual definition of an “active shooter” is. The agreed-upon definition of an “active shooter” by US government agencies is “an individual actively engaged in killing