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A Corporate 360 Degree Approach to
Active Shooter
Presented By: Douglas Ellington
Matthew Johnson
2018 Active Shooter Facts
• 2018 Secret Service Mass Attack Study
• 27 Incidents• 60% took place in businesses
• 91 persons killed
• 107 persons injured
• Most attackers used firearms
• 2/3 of the suspects had mental health symptoms
• 63% of the incidents lasted under 5 minutes
• Other Active Shooter Facts
• 2014 to 2017 mass shootings increased from 274 to 346 up 26.3 percent
• The Virginia Tech Shooting costs the school an estimated $48.2 million
• “A handful of public companies have begun quietly warning investors about how gun violence could affect their financial performance.”
*The Wall Street Journal 8/7/2019
1. Participants will learn how to conduct a tactical assessment and who should be included in the process.
2. Participants will gain an understanding of the value of an active shooter white board exercise and an actual incident rehearsal.
3. Participants will gain a greater understanding of the needs of the first responder to an active shooter event.
Presentation Objectives
Train
Rehearse
Plan
• We chose this model due to its cyclical approach to improvement.
• At any given point the stake holders can reassess each stage of the cycle and make change.
Train
Rehearse
Plan
360 Degree Approach
360 Degree Assessment (Strengths and Weaknesses)
1. Employee
• Preseason Training
• Evacuation
2. Security
• Building layout
• iOFFICE
• Technology
3. First Responders
• Rally point
• Evacuation hurdles
• Access control
• Blue prints
4. Corporate Technical Strengths and Weaknesses
• Building designs
• Interoperability with technology
Planning
Employee reporting
• Create an open channel for easier risk reporting
Employee resources
• Work with HR to provide a robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Create multi discipline team (HR, Legal, Security) for sharing information and developing solutions to mitigate high risk situations
Planning and training should be unique to each location covering all aspects of your business such as: Corporate, Retail and Distribution Centers.
Escape routes, rally points, hiding spaces etc. are unique within each component of the business
Planning: Employee Knowledge & Risk
Skills assessment• Ability to utilize and access
technology under stress• Basic risk mitigation skills
Knowledge of procedures• Weapons training and tactics
• First Aid Training
Planning: Security
Conducted tours for first responding Fire Dept. staff• Interactive highlighting logistical challenges
• Staging areas• Alternate evacuation routes• Campus first aid procedures and suggestions for improvements• Security procedures• Access control system challenges• Leveraging UA technology
Conducted roll call training for police • Campus security procedures
• Access Control• Staging areas
• Active shooter challenges• Foot bridges and campus construction• Leveraging UA technology / Available at other locations and
VIA Portable Devices
Planning: Tactical Assessment
Access control assessment• Footbridges on main campus
• Interoperability between offices
• Need for training on multiple systems with a view toward integration into single platform
• Go bag, Knox box inspections, blue prints, panic button tests, alarms
Communication between offices
In Case of Crisis• Continuous inspections of rally points
Building inspections• Evacuation routes
• Rally Points
• Exit Signs
Planning: Corporate Risk Assessment
Training
▪ Smaller training exercises to
boost aptitude of guards
▪ Builds team work
▪ Provides association of how
to use technology for
multiple incident types
▪ Camera, access control,
policy, evacuation
▪ In Case of Crisis
▪ Manager training
▪ Active Shooter
▪ Preseason Training
▪ Learning Management
Training
▪ Stop the bleed
▪ CPR / First Aide
▪ Created online interactive
training videos
▪ Continue employee trainings
on maintaining evacuations
routes
▪ Rally points
▪ In Case of Crisis
▪ Finding nearest exits
▪ Note employees typically exit
the same door the enter
Comprehensive Training
Key stake holders▪ Fire Department
▪ Battalion Chief for local response
▪ Academy instructors
▪ Emergency Medical Services▪ Local Chief▪ Academy instructors
▪ Police Department▪ Local Commander▪ Academy instructors▪ Tactical Unit
▪ 911 Supervisor▪ FBI▪ State Police▪ Office of Emergency
Management▪ Security▪ HR▪ Public Affairs▪ Risk Management
Emergency Evacuation Drills• No longer fire drills
• Involve first responders and facilities
• Conduct a Town Hall at the rally point• Talk about evacuation
• Active shooter
• Evacuation tactics
Rehearsals
Active Shooter Capstone Exercise• Stake holders from white board
• Patrol Units called from street• Disarmed and armed with blank pistols
• Safety in the training area is important
• Academy class utilized as victims
• Tactical unit response• Tactical unit conducted same exercise as patrol
• Fire Department / EMS followed up with a mass casualty exercise
Rehearsal
After Action Review• Strengths
• Relationships with first responders and UA team• Basic planning• Training was a strength but also an area for continued improvement
• Areas for improvement• Examples of lessons learned
• The go bag that seemed effective in training got in the way. First responders simply wanted a key to gain access
• Reunification issues we grappled with were easily solved with Maryland Emergency Management and their team
• Unified command• Communication concerns with fire and police• Day Care center concerns and logistics
Rehearsal
UA Opry Mills Mall Store May 3, 2018
UA Opry Mills Mall Store May 3, 2018
• Chief Security Officer Frederick Bealefeld • [email protected]• 443-651-9404
• Director Douglas Ellington• [email protected]• 443-676-3249
• Lead Matthew Johnson• [email protected]• 443-253-6271
Train
Rehearse
Plan
360 Degree Approach Contact Information