Active Shooter Training (college, school, paying, teachers)

[Pinkmani]

According to Homeland Security as, an active shooter is "an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearm(s) and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims."


I recently found this video where he shows students what to do if the shooter enters their room. I think it's a great idea.


School Shootings Don't Be a Victim Active Shooter Survival Tactics - YouTube

Do your schools have lockdown drills or active shooter training sessions?

[Smooth23]

Might as well have zombie preparedness drills, given the realistic odds of an active shooter at any given school.

[lkb0714]

It isn't appropriate or safe for people, especially teachers/staff, to discuss the safety measures their specific school or schools in general have taken on a public internet forum.

[Linda_d]

The college where I work at mandates active shooter training for faculty and staff in the form of a mandatory video training session that we have to watch (and complete a quiz on) annually. The video is very good.

[Pinkmani]

Originally Posted by lkb0714

It isn't appropriate or safe for people, especially teachers/staff, to discuss the safety measures their specific school or schools in general have taken on a public internet forum.

Why is that?

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by Pinkmani

Why is that?

Because any security system has holes which can be exploited by someone paying attention.

[toobusytoday]

I'm going to go along with the concerns about exposing schools preparedness training as I think it's most likely that potential shooters do on-line research looking for this kind of information. I, for one, don't want to be the one that supplies it.