Active Shooter Live Exercise
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The document outlines the goals, planning, training, logistics, and lessons learned from conducting an active shooter training exercise with campus police and local first responders. The goals were to coordinate response, understand tactical deployment, train campus police, and develop safety plans. Extensive pre-event planning included script development, communications, and venue selection. Training covered incident command system, rapid response, safety procedures, and leadership roles. Logistics involved safety officers, notifications, and equipment. Major lessons included the need for uniformed police response, benefits of the incident command system, and value of prior rapid deployment training.
Active Shooter Live Exercise
- 1. Active Shooter Developing a Live Exercise
- 4. Agenda Goals Pre-Event Planning Training Logistics Collaboration Lessons Learned
- 5. GOALS
- 6. Goals of Exercise Coordinate response between campus public safety and local first responders Understand deployment of tactical unit Train campus public safety Facilitate development of individual campus unit safety plans Exercise ICS at policy and ops levels Safety
- 7. Goals of Exercise The 4 Ds Develop Incident Action Plan Develop Trust with Campus Leadership Develop Confidence (internal/external) Develop Partnerships
- 9. What do we know... Active shooter scenarios last, on average, between 4 - 7 minutes Occur in daytime First responders are the line staff, not the tactical units Multiple responding agencies Mass confusion
- 11. Pre-Event Planning Script Considerations Communications with -Institutional leadership -Media -Deans, Directors & Dept. Heads -Faculty, Staff & Students
- 12. Pre-Event Planning Campus Forums Local, State, Federal Agencies Policy Review -Use of Force -ICS -Mutual Aid
- 13. Pre-Event Planning Active Shooter vs. Hostage Venue Selection (and notification) - High Risk Areas - Res Halls - Admin Buildings - Student Unions and Classrooms
- 14. Sample Communication December 8, XXXX To: XXXX Building Faculty & Staff From: Chief Jane Doe Re: Police Training Exercise On Monday, January 8, XXXX between 9AM and 12PM, ABC Police Services will conduct a live training exercise with the City Police and State Police Tactical Support Unit (TSU) in XXX Building. We chose XXX Building because of the locus of administrative and student service offices and its history as a focal point for dissent and disruption. This live training exercise focuses on ABC and City Police response to an active shooter and hostage scenario. The officers will apply dynamic approach and entry techniques learned from the State Police TSU on January 4 and 5 in training conducted in Williams Hall. This exercise is closely supervised and controlled. No live ammunition will be allowed in the building during the training. Safety officers will be in place to monitor and we are posting ample signage and greeters. This will disrupt business on the first floor for the morning so please plan accordingly. We chose these dates because they are during semester break and we forecast less activity in the building. This is a great opportunity for those of you at work these days to observe how we train police to address these concerns, and to re-visit the conversation on safety during emergent crisis. Please share this information with any person(s) you feel should know including students who may be around during the break and vendors who deliver goods and services to the building. We recognize that seeing this many police officers in one place without knowing the context could be un-nerving. We will send out a campus-wide email prior to the event. I will be available on Wednesday, January 3 at 10:30AM in the XXX Memorial Lounge to answer any questions and address last-minute concerns. In advance, dont hesitate to contact me directly at _____________________. Thank you.
- 15. Sample Communication December 19, XXXX To: 3rd Floor XXX Building From: Chief Jane Doe Re: Additional Information on January 8, XXXX Police Training Exercise Please take into account the following information when planning your work day on Monday, January 8, XXXX. While the exercise is under way (9:00AM 11:30AM) you will not be able to move through the 3rd Floor Hallways. If you must be sequestered in your offices this particular morning, DO NOT access the hallways. We suggest that you find other places to conduct business on this date and time. No one will be allowed onto the 3rd Floor once this exercise commences. Safety Officers identified with fluorescent vests will be present to control access and ensure safety. There will be loud noises. There will be no live ammunition involved in this exercise or allowed in the building. There will be a final informational session on Wednesday, January 3rd from 10:30AM 11:30AM in Memorial Lounge. Please make appropriate accommodations for Monday, January 8, XXXX from 9:00AM 11:30AM in order to minimize disruption to your operations. We hope youll use this opportunity to develop your own business continuity plans and we appreciate your support and understanding as we train on this important topic, which we pray we never have to actually respond to.
- 16. TRAINING
- 17. Training ICS/NIMS (7 Critical Tasks) Policy Review Rapid Response Team Deployment - Room Entry / Clearing - Stairs and Hallways - Classroom followed by Practical
- 18. Training Safety, Safety, Safety -Fire & EMS on-site Securing the venue -Weapons -Controlled Access -Communications to Campus
- 19. Training Dispatchers Involvement Noise, Distractions and Confusion Use of Simunitions/Airsoft -Compatibility with surrounding agency -Implications of training gear
- 20. Training Leadership Considerations: Integration & Battle Command Hand-Off Emergency Operations Group -Creating a timeline -Communications/Organization/ICS Policy Group
- 21. Training A tool for individual department business continuity planning... Crime Scene Management Further live exercise planning Hostage Negotiators
- 22. LOGISTICS
- 23. Logistics Role players Evaluators Safety Officers Scribes (for real time recording) Campus notification Equipment
- 24. Logistics The Script (no surprises!) Communications -Area Agencies -Media -Building Signage
- 25. Logistics Staging area for actual, real time deployment of resources -Calculating dispatch & arrival times -Controlled release Safe Zones Out of Bounds Zones
- 27. Media Relations As an exercise for media... Staging Filming the training - Tactics considerations - Public Relations considerations - Access considerations
- 28. COLLABORATION
- 29. Collaboration Tactical Support Units Local Public Safety (Police/Fire/EMS) Media Campus Departments
- 30. LESSONS LEARNED
- 31. Lessons Learned 1. Equipment Compatibility 2. Mixed Team Deployment 3. Command and Communications 4. Seven Critical Tasks & ICS 5. Plain Clothes Officers Responding 6. Confusion and Collapsing
- 32. Lessons Learned 7. Dont Assume Buy-In a. Staff b. Other agencies c. Administration
- 33. Major Lessons Learned 1.Plainclothes police officers responding to such an incident MUST wear their uniform jackets with arm patches and insignia. 2.Use of Incident Command System allowed for rapid deployment of tactical unit and integration into campus response. 3.The Rapid Deployment Training (including use of Rescue Teams) that all campus police officers and city police officers went through in the days prior to the exercise proved essential to our coordinated response. 4.We were well prepared by having our Policy Group (i.e., Senior Institutional Leadership) and the Emergency Operations Group fully familiar with ICS and its application. They participated in the exercise.
Editor's Notes
- #12: Talk about communicating what they should expect: noise, guns, screaming.
- #18: The 7 Critical Tasks are required regardless of sworn or non-sworn officers responding to scene.
- #21: Talk about having Dutch Leonard present on-scene to evaluate and comment.
- #24: Vests for reviewers, evaluators and safety officers (identification gear)