Responding to the Active Shooter
Tuition: $500
Duration: 2 days
Ammunition: 500 rounds (carbine), 300 rounds (pistol)
Special Requirements: Pistol, holster, 3 magazines, tactical vest, wraparound eye and ear protection
Optional Gear: Body armor, gloves, flashlight, baseball style cap, knee & elbow pads
Active Shooter training is designed to prepare responding officers for an active shooter incident. The emphasis is on developing the team skills of the first responders to locate, evaluate, isolate and, if necessary, eliminate the active shooter threat in a school, workplace, or other public environment. Major topics covered are:
Review of lessons learned from school shootings
Patrol officer response/tactics
Determining weapon threats/IED’s
Familiarity with school/workplace/public buildings
Use of site surveys for preplanned response
Assistance from school resource officers
Communication, command, and control
Use of Incident Command System
School liaison/training
Intelligence gathering/decision making for a course of action
Developing a Patrol Response Team (PRT)
Team approach/entry/movements within buildings
Containment
Room entry to eliminate threat(s) if necessary
Counter sniper issues
Practical firearms training with pistol/rifle/shotgun
Practical exercises for live-fire movement drills
Shoot house entry drills

