How to Prevent Workplace Violence in 10 Ways
Violence in the workplace is a growing concern. Learn how to protect your employees and prevent workplace violence with these tips.
Active Shooter Scenarios vs. Active Shooter Drills
Active shooter drills are critical to safety on college campuses. Multi-option training is the best option.
Active Shooter Drills on College Campuses
Elevating Campus Safety with a Multi-Option Response Active shooter drills are a critical aspect of campus safety, especially in the higher education landscape. With the growing concern surrounding these incidents, it's crucial for institutions to adopt advanced measures to prepare their faculty and students effectively. Equipping your school community with a multi-option response to [...]
What is a VCI in ALICE Training®?
Violent Critical Incident What is a VCI in ALICE Training®? In today's world, ensuring the safety of our K-12 campuses has become paramount amid rising concerns over self-harm, violence, and the presence of weapons. The alarming increase in student mental health crises and violence towards self and others makes it clear that merely hoping [...]
A Proactive Approach to Safety for Every House of Worship
Church Leaders: A Proactive Approach to Safety for Every House of Worship Houses of Worship are meant to provide a feeling of peace for those who enter them. They foster a sense of community and connection that allows congregants to thrive, but this is only possible when people feel safe physically, socially and emotionally. [...]
For Students, the Benefits of ALICE Training® Extend Beyond the Classroom
The possibility of an active shooter event is unthinkable, and establishing a game plan for such a scenario can be a difficult subject to discuss. But as unpleasant as it might be to consider, the alternative could be far worse. In response to a growing need for [...]
The Importance of a Trauma-Informed Approach to Safety Training in Schools
There’s nothing more important than creating a safe and healthy learning environment in schools, and that includes ensuring students, educators, and staff are prepared to handle potential active shooter threats. While a lockdown-only approach has been the go-to practice for many years, all federal and state agencies—from [...]
Situational Awareness: A Critical Factor of Multi-Option Threat Response Training
Situational awareness—being fully cognizant of your surroundings, the people in it, and your situation—is a vital factor for preventing and responding to an immediate threat to the school. The School Resource Officers (SRO) in your district are likely trained in the concept, but situational awareness is an [...]
Create a Culture of Safety at Your School with Proactive, Option-Based Active Shooter Response Training
The reality of active shooter events in schools can be difficult to even consider, let alone prepare for. However, like so many complex problems, simply pretending the issue doesn’t exist is not an option. Administrators are realizing that additional training and planning are required for their districts [...]
Traditional Lockdowns vs. Multi-Option Responses: Implementing the Right Strategy for Active Shooter Incidents
An active shooter incident at school is not something anyone wants to consider. But for administrators and educators, the topic is unfortunately unavoidable, making it critical to establish response protocols. For school staff, understanding and correctly executing an established plan can be the difference that saves lives. [...]
ALICE Training® vs. Other Multi-Option Response Programs
How ALICE’s trauma-informed, blended approach empowers people to survive in the face of violence Active assailant events in school are not easy or comfortable to consider, but it’s an unfortunate reality of our society today. As the world changes, schools must also evolve in the way they [...]
Keep Retail Employees Safe During Violent Incidents
Empower your employees to survive in the face of violence. Violence in the retail space is on the rise. Based on a U.S. Retail Violent Fatalities Report, incidents were at an all-time high in 2020 – up roughly 40% since 2016. This spike contributed to a total of 485 fatal [...]
7 Tips for Classroom Setup to Guard Against a School Shooter
The Value of Classroom Safety Setting up your classroom in a safer way is one of the easiest strategies to improve school safety. Here are seven simple classroom setup tips you can follow to build better situational awareness, create a plan in the event of an active threat, and ultimately, teach with more [...]
Why Should You Announce Your Safety Drills?
A lot of moving parts are in play when you conduct critical incident drills. Here’s why they should always be announced before they occur. Safety drills are key to increasing employees’ and students’ knowledge of how to respond to an emergency or violence. They help prepare individuals to respond [...]
Back to Work: Turning a Climate of Stress Into a Culture of Safety
Responding to Workplace Stress and Violence In more than two decades in law enforcement and safety training, I have led teams that have trained more than 70 thousand people with survival tactics in response to violence and active shooting. Over these years, I have witnessed the steady growth of fear, stress and anxiety as violent [...]
Our Commitment to Safety as We Navigate COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
March 12, 2020-Medina, Ohio- ALICE Training®, NaviGate Prepared®, and SafePlans™ are navigating COVID-19 with you. Our commitment is to the safety and well-being of you, our staff, and our communities. We are following the recommendations and guidance from public health and government officials on our approach to mitigating risks. As we adjust to new [...]
Sutherland Springs, Texas Church Shooting
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 [...]
There Is No Such Thing As An Active Shooter Expert
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 [...]
