1

Rapid Deployment:Immediate Response to the

Active Shooter

NC Department of JusticeRoy Cooper, Attorney General

2

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.

3

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.

4

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.

5

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.

6

WHY DO WE NEED THIS TECHNIQUE?

7

“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

8

Law Enforcement “Priorities of Life”

• Hostage

• Other Innocent Civilians

• Law Enforcement

• Shooter

9

HISTORY OF TECHNIQUE

• Original LAPD Model

• Adopted by the NTOA Training Staff

• SBI Special Response Team

• SBI/NCJA Instructor Training Course

10

Immediate Response to theActive Shooter

11

THE SCHOOL SYSTEM RESPONSE

12

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

13

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

14

TYPES OF SITUATIONS

• Active Shooter in a School

• Active Shooter in a Business

• Hostage Rescue

• Injured Officer/Civilian Rescue

15

EXAMPLES

16

WHO IS THE THREAT?

17

SUSPECT MINDSET

18

TRADITIONAL RESPONSE

19

POLICE RESPONSEPRIORITIES

• Locate, Isolate and Stop the Shooter

• Treat and Evacuate the Injured

• Establish Containment

• Safety Sweep

• Complete Evacuation

• Process the Crime Scene

20

POLICE RESPONSEELEMENTS

• Contact Team

• Rescue Team

• Perimeter Team

• Evacuation Team

21

Multiple Officer Movement

22

Movement Goals

• Locate the threat “Move to Contact”

• Isolate the threat

• Confront/Apprehend the suspect

23

Multiple Officer MovementContact Team

• 2 - 4 officers• Diamond formation• 360 degree

security• No room entry

unless suspect is located

• Use proper movement speed

24

Diamond Formation

Point

Wing Wing

Rear Guard

25

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

26

Safe Movement

• Use your senses to locate the threat “Stop, Look & Listen”

• Watch for explosives

• Pick a capture point

• Communicate

• Multiple Suspects

27

Suspect Contact

Officer presence will change the dynamics of the encounter.

28

Suspect Options

• Continue to shoot innocent

• Suicide

• Shoot officer

• Escape

• Surrender

29

Suspect Contact Officer Options

• Arrest Contact/Cover

• Challenge from Cover

30

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.

31

RESCUE TEAM

• Locate the injured

• Provide immediate Treatment

• Triage

• Evacuate if necessary

32

DEALING WITHMULTIPLE INJURIES

33

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

34

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

35

SHOOTING STOPSNO CONTACT

36

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

37

ROOM ENTRY

38

TWO MAN ENTRY

39

4 MAN ENTRYOPERATOR POSITIONS

40

DEALING WITH EXPLOSIVES

41

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.

42

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.

43

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.

44

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.

45

QUESTIONS?

46

47

PRACTICAL EXERCISES

48

Rapid Deployment:Immediate Response to the

Active Shooter

NC Department of JusticeRoy Cooper, Attorney General