School Active Shooter Awareness Seminar

1. INSERT LOGO HERE School Active Shooter Awareness Seminar

2. School Active Shooter Awareness Seminar • Agenda • Welcome, Introductions, Purpose • Characteristics of an Active Shooter Incident • Facilitated Panel Discussion • Recap, Key Points

3. Welcome & Introductions

4. Administrative • Cell phones and pagers • Restrooms • Safety and evacuation routes

5. Exercise Guidelines • This is an open, low-stress, no-fault environment. Varying viewpoints, even disagreements, are expected • Consider different approaches and suggest improvements • Base your responses on the current capabilities of your agency • Focus on problem-solving and identifying issues

6. Purpose • To help prepare your organization for a School Active Shooter Incident on school campuses • Familiarize participants with local resources and create an understanding of how responding organizations will coordinate

7. Characteristics of an Active Shooter Incident • Deliberate, planned attacks • Intent to commit mass murder • Historically Male • Typically carried out alone • Primarily used handguns

8. Characteristics of an Active Shooter Incident • Motives • 24% motivated by desire for attention or recognition • 27% motivated by suicide or desperation • 34% motivated by attempt to solve a problem • 54% had multiple motives • 61% motivated by desire for revenge • 75% felt bullied/persecuted/threatened by others FBI School Shooter Quick Reference Guide

9. Characteristics of an Active Shooter Incident • Statistics • 27% of attackers exhibited interest in violent movies • 37% of attackers exhibited interest in violence in their own writings, poems, essays, and journal entries • 59% of attacks occurred during the school day. • 63% of attackers had a known history of weapons use • 68% acquired the weapon used from their own home or that of a relative FBI School Shooter Quick Reference Guide

10. Characteristics of an Active Shooter Incident • Statistics • 93% of attackers engaged in some behavior prior to the attack that caused others to be concerned • 93% of attackers planned out the attack in advance • 95% of attackers were current students FBI School Shooter Quick Reference Guide

11. Characteristics of an Active Shooter Incident • Many offenders engaged in repetitive viewing of violent media • Often fascinated with previous school shootings • Repeat viewing of movies depicting school shootings: • “Zero Day” and “Elephant” • Incident indicators are typically posted online in videos, blogs, and social networking activities FBI School Shooter Quick Reference Guide

12. Characteristics of an Active Shooter Incident • Typically thought out and planned in advance • Very few of the attackers directed threats to their targets beforehand • The most common goal was retribution • Prior to most school shootings, other students knew the shooting was going to occur and failed to notify an adult FBI School Shooter Quick Reference Guide

13. Facilitated Questions • What preventive steps can a school take to enhance campus safety and response? • What plans are required that relate to this issue? • How does your plan relate to the other agencies?

14. Facilitated Questions • What are your Organizations priorities during an active shooter incident?

15. Facilitated Questions • Who is in charge? • During the incident • After the incident • Is the Incident Command System (ICS) utilized?

16. Key Points • What can you take to your organization from today's discussion that will help you be better prepared for an Active Shooter Incident? • Review Plans, Policies and Facilities • Practice / Drill • Develop Incident Management Protocols • Building Relationships • Response to telegraphing behavior • Others

17. Questions?

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19. Thank You