Active Shooter Response: What The Government Isn't Telling You

Prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery. Emergency management officials and emergency responders who engage with federal facilities are familiar with this terminology. Patrol officers who quickly move to confront an active shooter face a high likelihood of being shot themselves. Dial 911, if possible, to alert police to the active shooters location. If you cannot speak, leave the line open and allow the dispatcher to listen.

Acting as aggressively as possible against him/her. Throwing items and improvising weapons. Committing to your actions. When an active shooter incident occurs, the fbi proactively assists local, state, campus, and tribal law enforcement first responders, supplementing resources as needed. The differences between an active shooter and barricade subject response for law enforcement cannot be more dynamically opposite and the duty to save lives, never more urgent.