Pro-Active Shooter Preparedness. 22nd Annual CUNA HR/TD Council Conference Orlando, Florida

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1 Pro-Active Shooter Preparedness 22nd Annual CUNA HR/TD Council Conference Orlando, Florida

2 Agenda What is an Active Shooter? Employer Considerations Employee Training Awareness

3 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

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

5 Why isn t Terrorism Included? According to law enforcement: Terrorists and Active Shooters often have different objectives Police response may be different However.

6 Active Shooter or Terrorism? San Bernardino showed that they are often one and the same:

7 Active Shooter Incidents Frequency Between 2000 and 2013 there were 160 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States : : 6.4 Annually : 16.4 Annually FBI: A study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013 (2014)

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

9 Active Shooter Incidents - Location

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

11 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

12 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

13 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

14 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

15 Employer Considerations - OSHA Standard : 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

Employer Considerations - OSHA Standard 1910.

16 Employer Considerations - OSHA Standard : Just having evacuation routes posted on the walls is not considered an Emergency Action Plan!

17 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?

18 Employer Considerations Today s Environment

19 Employer Considerations - Workplace Violence Question: Do you have a Workplace Violence Policy?

Active Shooter Incident is the most aggressive form

20 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

21 Employer Considerations - Workplace Violence Question: Do you have a Workplace Violence Program? What is the difference?

22 Employer Considerations - Workplace Violence A Program includes ongoing training

23 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training We want to train employees, not alarm them How do we achieve this?

24 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training 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

25 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training Question: Who remembers what they were taught as a child to do in the event of a fire?

26 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training Stop, Drop, Roll

27 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training There is a similar saying for Active Shooter Incidents: Run, Hide, Fight

28 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training 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

29 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

30 Run, Hide, Fight - Run Question: Is your parking lot your Assembly Area for building evacuations?

31 Run, Hide, Fight - Run First Responders need your parking lot

32 Run, Hide, Fight - Hide Hide Locked Rooms (Conference Rooms, Offices) Rooms with no windows Barricaded Rooms A shooter knows their time is limited

33 Run, Hide, Fight - Hide Most Important Be Quiet No talking and silence your cell phones

34 Run, Hide, Fight - Hide

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

36 Run, Hide, Fight - Fight But I am not a fighter!

37 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

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

39 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training The Police have arrived. Now what?

40 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training Police Response: Goal is to find and neutralize threat Will not stop to treat wounded

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

42 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training 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

43 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training We want to add one step to Run, Hide, Fight: Alert The most important step??? Alert, Run, Hide, Fight concept credit to Bo Mitchell

44 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training 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

45 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training Public Address System: Plain language, not codes Announce as Active Shooter Question: Why?

46 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training 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

47 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training Also use every method of communication you have: Text Walkie Talkies/Radios

48 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training Question: Do you pull the fire alarm?

49 Active Shooter Training - Employee Training We do not pull the fire alarm: If we do, people will be looking for a fire, not a shooter

50 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

51 Active Shooter Incident - Awareness Stages of Violent Intent: 1. Grievance 2. Ideation 3. Research and Planning 4. Preparation 5. Breach 6. Attack Frederick S. Calhoun, Contemporary Threat Management: A Practical Guide for Identifying, Assessing, and Managing Individuals of Violent Intent

52 Active Shooter Incident - Awareness In approximately 80% of school shootings, at least one person had information that the attacker was thinking about, or planning, an act of violence. FBI/Tampa INFRAGARD Meeting April 2015

53 Active Shooter Incident - Awareness These are usually planned events. Other people are often aware or have concerns about the person. What does your company have in place?

54 Active Shooter Training - Awareness See Something Say Something Programs Anonymous Employee Hotlines Employee Assistance Programs Outside Threat Assessments Possible employee loss of protections under ADA

55 Active Shooter Training - Awareness What do you do about recently terminated employees?? We disabled their badge and walked them out, isn t that enough?

56 Active Shooter Training - Awareness 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 FBI/Tampa INFRAGARD Meeting April 2015

57 Active Shooter Training - Awareness The biggest challenge with a recently terminated employee: Other employees don t often know the person shouldn t be there FBI/Tampa INFRAGARD Meeting April 2015

58 Active Shooter Training - Awareness 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

59 Active Shooters in the Workplace Questions? James Green PSCU Business Continuity Program Manager

Emergency Preparedness

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