ALICE Active Shooter Response Training criticism has resulted in some large-scale misconceptions spread online and through the media. Some articles and posts made broad claims about school security’s effectiveness and the impact it has on students, resulting in a great deal of confusion and false conclusions. Ultimately, this controversy begs the question: Does ALICE [...]
ALICE Training criticism has resulted in some large-scale misconceptions spread throughout the internet and media. Recent articles and posts have made broad claims about school security's effectiveness and the impact it has on students. As a result, a great deal of confusion and false conclusions have occured. Ultimately, this ALICE controversy begs the question: Does [...]
What Makes a Training Program: The Importance of Practice Since the 2018 Parkland, Florida tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, there has been a great increase across the United States in learning about and adopting active shooter preparedness training. This is true across all cultures and environments, such as businesses and other public spaces [...]
This is not a political statement. It is a reflection of both the facts and the reality of citizens being tasked with engaging in a firearm response during a highly friendly-occupied school shooting event. Facts of the Situation Most citizen firearm training will teach that the only time a weapon should be produced in [...]
It seems like another week and another tragedy. This time, a small community church in Texas came under attack by another coward, leaving at the time of this writing 26 killed and 20 wounded. The fact that this person is a coward cannot be disputed. What kind of person walks into a church during Sunday [...]
I have now been singularly focused on preparing and responding to Active Shooter/Active Killer/Violent Critical Incidents (VCI - my preferred term) for almost 20 years. I have spent more hours researching this topic than I care to count. I have trained thousands of people on this topic. Through persistence and stubbornness, I was able to [...]
At approximately 11:30 am on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, a student pulled out a weapon in the cafeteria of Mattoon High School, in Mattoon IL. As the student pointed the gun at others in the cafeteria, Angela McQueen, a PE Teacher at the school, physically engaged with the gunman. According to reports, Ms. McQueen kept [...]
More senseless events occurred in our country today. In Virginia, US Congressmen came under attack while practicing for the annual US Congress Baseball game between Republicans and Democrats. And in San Francisco, UPS workers were shot while gathering at their workplace for a meeting. Thoughts and prayers go out to all those impacted. All Americans [...]
In January 2017, our world once again suffered senseless attacks on innocent victims. This time the victims were school children at their school, and they were attacked by a classmate. Activity that unfortunately has been ongoing now for more than 20 years. But what was different about this attack was how the staff and students [...]
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