Active Shooter Research

Mass Shooting Incident Symposium – Key Points to Consider

The DeForest (WI) Police Department made me a special non-law enforcement guest of the Mass Shooting Incident Symposium held at the Schauer Performing Arts Center in Hartford, Wisconsin on March 4, 2013. This exemplary event, designed for law enforcement, entailed brilliant studies of four mass shootings with attention to efficient incident and post-incident responses. Presenters:  Major Kevin…

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Most Students Told Others Prior to Attacking Schools

75% of school shooters told another person, sometimes many people, prior to the attack. In a 1997 school shooting in Alaska, 24 students knew the attack was going to happen and crowded a mezzanine to observe it.  One student even brought a camera! What can be done to decrease the likelihood of a student attacking…

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Profiling is Unable to Identify a Child Who May be Prone to Engaging in School Violence – (excellent Secret Service example)

The 2001 Secret Service report titled “Evaluating Risk for Targeted Violence in Schools: Comparing Risk Assessment, Threat Assessment, and Other Approaches” discussed the lack of reliability with endorsing profiling as a means to identify, treat or remove children from schools who are likely to engage in targeted school violence.  As parents, community members and even…

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