Rapid Deployment: Immediate Response to the Active Shooter

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Rapid DeploymentImmediate Response to the
Active Shooter
NC Department of Justice Roy Cooper, Attorney
General
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Training Objectives

• Identify the school system components to a
  response of an active shooter.
• Define the term Rapid Deployment.
• List the types of situations that may involve an
  active shooter and require an immediate
  response.
• Differentiate between the mindset of an active
  shooter versus a hostage taker.

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Training Objectives

• List in priority order the duties of the initial
  police response to an active shooter.
• List the four (4) elements of the initial police
  response to an active shooter.
• Identify the role of the Contact Team and list
  the three (3) movement goals of that team.

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Training Objectives

• List the five (5) suspect options during the
  officer contact.
• Identify the following police responder roles
• Rescue Team
• Perimeter Team
• Evacuation Team
• Describe the proper time to evacuate innocent
  parties.

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Training Objectives

• List the officer options when the shooting stops
  and there is no suspect contact.
• Describe the response concerns when explosive
  devices are detected.
• In a practical setting, successfully demonstrate
  the techniques learned during a series of
  practical exercises.

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WHY DO WE NEED THIS TECHNIQUE?
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Within the span of 16 minutes, the gunmen killed
13 people and wounded 21 others. A savage act of
domestic terrorism, their crime is the deadliest
school shooting in the history of the United
States. Sheriff John P. Stone
Jefferson Co. Colorado
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Law Enforcement Priorities of Life

• Hostage
• Other Innocent Civilians
• Law Enforcement
• Shooter

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HISTORY OF TECHNIQUE

• Original LAPD Model
• Adopted by the NTOA Training Staff
• SBI Special Response Team
• SBI/NCJA Instructor Training Course

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Immediate Response to theActive Shooter
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THE SCHOOL SYSTEM RESPONSE
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SCHOOL RESPONSECOMPONENTS

• Lockdown Procedure
• Office Communication System
• Inner Perimeter Command Post
• Critical Incident Response Box
• Red/Green Placards

• Rally Points
• Evacuation Routes
• Planning Team
• SRO
• Classroom Security
• Off-site Evacuation Location

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Immediate Action Rapid Deployment
The swift and immediate deployment of law
enforcement resources to ongoing, life
threatening situations where delayed deployment
could otherwise result in death or great bodily
injury to innocent persons.
NTOA 1999
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TYPES OF SITUATIONS

• Active Shooter in a School
• Active Shooter in a Business
• Hostage Rescue
• Injured Officer/Civilian Rescue

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EXAMPLES
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WHO IS THE THREAT?
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SUSPECT MINDSET
NOT A BOTCHED ROBBERY!
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TRADITIONAL RESPONSE
SURROUND CONTAIN
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POLICE RESPONSEPRIORITIES

• Locate, Isolate and Stop the Shooter
• Treat and Evacuate the Injured
• Establish Containment
• Safety Sweep
• Complete Evacuation
• Process the Crime Scene

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POLICE RESPONSEELEMENTS

• Contact Team
• Rescue Team
• Perimeter Team
• Evacuation Team

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Multiple Officer Movement
CONTACT TEAM
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Movement Goals

• Locate the threat Move to Contact
• Isolate the threat
• Confront/Apprehend the suspect

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Multiple Officer MovementContact Team

• 2 - 4 officers
• Diamond formation
• 360 degree security
• No room entry unless suspect is located
• Use proper movement speed

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Diamond Formation
Point
Wing
Wing
Rear Guard
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Safe Movement Principles

• Move to the sound of gunfire
• Stay off the walls
• Always be aware of points of cover, doors,
  lockers, etc.
• Stop behind cover
• Gather intell as you move

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Safe Movement

• Use your senses to locate the threat Stop, Look
  Listen
• Watch for explosives
• Pick a capture point
• Communicate
• Multiple Suspects

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Suspect Contact
Officer presence will change the dynamics of the
encounter.
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Suspect Options

• Continue to shoot innocent
• Suicide
• Shoot officer
• Escape
• Surrender

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Suspect Contact Officer Options

• Arrest Contact/Cover

• Challenge from Cover

Deadly Force
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Civilian Contact

• If you encounter individuals while moving, check
  them for weapons, gather any intelligence and
  direct them out the nearest exit.
• Note the location of injured and radio to rescue
  teams. Do not stop moving while you are still
  hearing shots.

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RESCUE TEAM

• Locate the injured
• Provide immediate Treatment
• Triage
• Evacuate if necessary

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DEALING WITHMULTIPLE INJURIES
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PERIMETER TEAM

• Shrink the perimeter
• Provide a safe area for the EVAC of injured
• Cut off suspect escape routes
• Allow for the EVAC of a portion of the building

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EVACUATION TEAM

• Controlled removal of innocent when suspects are
  contained or eliminated.
• Large manpower drain
• Orderly evacuation will minimize trauma
• Establish safe areas prior to evacuation

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SHOOTING STOPSNO CONTACT
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NO CONTACT

• Use Contact Teams for a static search.
• Evacuate injured with Rescue Teams
• Shrink perimeter around area of last sighting
• If gunfire starts, direct Contact Teams to the
  location

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ROOM ENTRY
ENTER ENGAGE
CHALLENGE FROM COVER
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TWO MAN ENTRY
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4 MAN ENTRYOPERATOR POSITIONS
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DEALING WITH EXPLOSIVES
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Training Objectives

• Identify the school system components to a
  response of an active shooter.
• Define the term Rapid Deployment.
• List the types of situations that may involve an
  active shooter and require an immediate
  response.
• Differentiate between the mindset of an active
  shooter versus a hostage taker.

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Training Objectives

• List in priority order the duties of the initial
  police response to an active shooter.
• List the four (4) elements of the initial police
  response to an active shooter.
• Identify the role of the Contact Team and list
  the three (3) movement goals of that team.

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Training Objectives

• Identify the following police responder roles
• Rescue Team
• Perimeter Team
• Evacuation Team
• Describe the proper time to evacuate innocent
  parties.
• List the officer options when the shooting stops
  and there is no suspect contact.

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Training Objectives

• Describe the response concerns when explosive
  devices are detected.
• In a practical setting, successfully demonstrate
  the techniques learned during a series of
  practical exercises.

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QUESTIONS?
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PRACTICAL EXERCISES
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Rapid DeploymentImmediate Response to the
Active Shooter
NC Department of Justice Roy Cooper, Attorney
General