The active shooter protocol: Police response and you:
Note: "Keep your hands empty and visible at all times"
- Police will quickly respond to the area in which shots were last heard and attempt to immediately engage/contain the active shooter
- First arriving officers will not stop to assist the injured, or evacuate personnel
- Remain calm
- Do exactly as police tell you
- Keep your hands empty and visible at all times
- If you know where the shooter is, quickly tell the officers
- DO NOT get in the way of officers
Now what would happen if some idiot is wandering around with a weapon who wasn't part of the Law Enforcement effort?
I don't know, Laci. What would happen if you were wandering around the scene? But before you answer that, tell us what you would do if you were inside the building where the shooter was and he came into your office.
ReplyDeleteGreat point. I can just see NRA Greg running around with his gun out, and the police shoot him.
ReplyDelete"Now what would happen if some idiot is wandering around with a weapon who wasn't part of the Law Enforcement effort?"
ReplyDeleteLaci, considering that it looks like there was quite number of different entities participating. And then you throw service members in uniform, my guess is that they would determine if the guy is actually shooting people. After all, somehow James Holmes managed to survive his arrest by the police without being shot.
I can suggest one possible way to make it work. Service members assigned as a reaction force in each building. Weapons and other equipment stored in secured lockers. Train the reaction force, then carry on with daily duties. We then have an organized force in uniform using the same tactics law enforcement. They can even conduct some joint training to reduce the chance of fratricide.