University workshop details plan for surviving an active shooter attack
My Nguyen
Issue date: 9/24/09 Section: News
Earthquakes … duck under a table, check.
Fires … retreat to predetermined location, check.
Hailing bullets … ?
Ten students and faculty members attended the A.L.I.C.E active shooter presentation in Clark Hall on Wednesday.
A.L.I.C.E, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate, is a program designed to educate students, faculty and staff on what an active shooter is and what they can do if ever in a situation with one, said Kenneth Lott, a university police officer and A.L.I.C.E coordinator.
An active shooter is someone, or a number of individuals, who have entered an environment with the intention to kill people, Lott said.
"A.L.I.C.E training is to give students, faculty and staff, who will be the ones involved in an active shooter situation, tips to survive the situation," he said.
A.L.I.C.E started over a year ago, Lott said. Nine University Police Department Officers are trained to be A.L.I.C.E instructors, he said.
Sophomore biology major Ashley Pereira said she attended the presentation because she wanted to know what to do if a violent intruder targeted campus.
"It's an interesting topic and it's a scary thought, so it's good to be prepared if something happens," she said.
Undeclared freshman Jocelyn Varela said she attended the presentation because the topic of campus shooting is interesting and important.
"I thought it was very informative," she said. "I got a lot of details I wouldn't have thought on my own. The presentation was not very long, and you get good information within the time amount."
The reasons behind attacks vary from situations to situations, he said.
An active shooter can be someone with sociological issues and are off his or her medication, depressed due to a loss or have been bullied and are at the end of his or her rope, he said.
An active shooter can strike anywhere, Lott said.
An active shooter tends to target places with a large potential body count because he or she wants to take as many lives as he or she can, he said.
Fires … retreat to predetermined location, check.
Hailing bullets … ?
Ten students and faculty members attended the A.L.I.C.E active shooter presentation in Clark Hall on Wednesday.
A.L.I.C.E, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate, is a program designed to educate students, faculty and staff on what an active shooter is and what they can do if ever in a situation with one, said Kenneth Lott, a university police officer and A.L.I.C.E coordinator.
An active shooter is someone, or a number of individuals, who have entered an environment with the intention to kill people, Lott said.
"A.L.I.C.E training is to give students, faculty and staff, who will be the ones involved in an active shooter situation, tips to survive the situation," he said.
A.L.I.C.E started over a year ago, Lott said. Nine University Police Department Officers are trained to be A.L.I.C.E instructors, he said.
Sophomore biology major Ashley Pereira said she attended the presentation because she wanted to know what to do if a violent intruder targeted campus.
"It's an interesting topic and it's a scary thought, so it's good to be prepared if something happens," she said.
Undeclared freshman Jocelyn Varela said she attended the presentation because the topic of campus shooting is interesting and important.
"I thought it was very informative," she said. "I got a lot of details I wouldn't have thought on my own. The presentation was not very long, and you get good information within the time amount."
The reasons behind attacks vary from situations to situations, he said.
An active shooter can be someone with sociological issues and are off his or her medication, depressed due to a loss or have been bullied and are at the end of his or her rope, he said.
An active shooter can strike anywhere, Lott said.
An active shooter tends to target places with a large potential body count because he or she wants to take as many lives as he or she can, he said.
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Greg
posted 9/24/09 @ 10:23 AM PST
Best way to combat an active shooter is to issue concealed carry permits to select students. No evacuation needed when the active shooter gets a taste of his own medicine and becomes inactive. (Continued…)
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