“While he’s busy ducking and covering his head from our air assault, we must now begin the ground assault.” This quote from a staff training booklet on the A.L.I.C.E. (Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate) plan struck me when it was shared by a client school district. The quote was included in a section called, “OK, I made him mad. Now What!?” And […]
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Bringing a purse to a gun fight: Training to attack armed intruders?
Posted by Ken Trump on October 28, 2011
Typically I ignore snark and snipe attacks made against me on the Internet. As a higher-profile figure with over 25 years experience in the school safety field, they come with the territory. And typically they come from people who are jealous and/or insecure anyway. But every now and then one occurs that is just too […]
Categories: Crisis - Emergency Planning for Schools School Safety Issues Shootings - School Nonfatal Students and School Safety | 1 Comment »
Tags: active shooters, ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, run-hide-fight
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