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Active Shooter Response Plan
Protect and Serve
Cheyney University Police Department.
Lawrence W. Richards, Chief of Police
Cheyney University
Features:
– Strong law enforcement presence and response
capability
– Dedicated and concerned community base
– Multiple means for reporting emergencies and
alerting the community to an emergency
– Solidly constructed facilities
• Places of refuge
• Multiple escape routes
Emergency Numbers
• EMERGENCY SERVICES: 9 -1 -1
• DELAWARE COUNTY POLICE FIRE & AMBULANCE:
610-565-6500
• LOCAL HOSPITAL – Riddle Memorial:
• LOCAL FBI FIELD OFFICE: 610-891-3600
• CHEYNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT: 610-399-2405
• ADDRESS: 1837 UNIVERSITY CIRCLE – CHEYNEY
PA
• BLDG: MCKNIGHT-ROGERS
Contacting Emergency Personnel
• 9-911
• Keep in mind that emergency circuits may
be overwhelmed
– Busy signal
– Multiple rings
• 911 or 2405 for immediate response from
the University Police Department
Active Shooter Defined
• A suspect or assailant whose activity is
immediately causing death and serious
injury
• Threat is not contained and there is
immediate risk of death and injury
Profile of an Active Shooter
• Attempts to kill people in a confined
spot heavily populated
• Uses a firearm
• No pattern or method to the selection
of victims
• Unpredictable
• Over quickly – before Law Enforcement
arrives
Profile - Active Shooter
• Considered the greatest terrorist threat
on campuses
• Cheyney Police implement nationally
accepted law enforcement response
plans
• You need to be informed of law
enforcement’s response plan so you
can take protective measures – be
prepared mentally and physically.
Active Shooter’s Intent
is to Kill and Injure
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BE ALERT
BE PREPARED
TAKE NOTE OF EXITS
IF IN AN OFFICE, SECURE THE DOOR
IF IN THE HALLWAY, FIND A ROOM, SECURE THE
DOOR
• LAST RESORT – TAKE THE SHOOTER DOWN
• IF YOU CAN’T FLEE, YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL
ARE GREATER WHEN YOU TRY TO INCAPICITATE.
How to Respond
• Determine the most reasonable way to
protect your own life. Students will follow
your example:
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Evacuate
Leave your belongings
Help others if possible
Prevent students from entering an area where the
shooter might be.
– Keep your hands visible
– Do not attempt to move wounded people
– Follow instructions from Police
Hide Out
If evacuation is not possible, find a place
to hide out of the shooter’s view.
Hiding place should be:
• Out of view
• Provide protection if shots are fired –
(an office with a closed locked door)
• Shouldn’t trap you or restrict your
movement.
If the Shooter is nearby…
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Lock the door
Block the door with furniture
Silence your cell phone
Turn off any source of noise (radio, tv)
Hide behind large items (desk, closet)
Remain quiet
Your Response
• Your actions will influence others
– Stay calm
– Assure others that you and the police are
working to protect them
Your Response
• Secure the immediate area – whether
classroom, bathroom, or office.
– Lock the door.
– Most doors in the university are solid core, and
many walls are block and brick. This may provide
some protection.
– Block the door using whatever is available –
desks, file cabinets, books, other furniture…
– If the shooter enters your room and leaves,
lock/barricade the door behind him.
– If able to do so safely, allow others to seek refuge
with you.
If you can’t evacuate or hide?
• Remain calm
• Dial 911
• If you can’t speak, leave the line open
so the 911 operator can hear what’s
happening.
Last Resort - take action
against the shooter
• Only when your life is in imminent
danger…
• Attempt to disrupt or incapacitate the
active shooter by:
• A. Act aggressively against him/her
• B. Throw items – improvise weapons
• C. Yell
How to respond when police
arrive…
• Purpose of police? Stop the active
shooter ASAP – police will proceed to
the last known area where the shots
were heard.
• Police arrive in teams with tactical
equipment.
• Police may shout commands and push
people to the ground for safety
How to react when police
arrive
• Remain calm, follow police instructions
• Put down any items in your hands
(bags, jackets etc.)
• Raise your hands, spread your fingers,
keep hands visible at all times
• Avoid pointing, screaming, grabbing
onto officers
What do I need to tell Police
or 911?
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Location of the active shooter
Number of shooters
Physical description
Number and type of weapons if known
Number of potential victims on location
Emergency Action Plan
The Plan includes:
• Method for reporting emergencies
• Evacuation policy and procedure
• Contact information
• Notification system to alert hospitals,
law enforcement etc.
Training Exercises
• Mock training exercises will train staff
to:
• Recognize the sound of gunshots
• React quickly when shots are heard by:
Evacuating the area; Hiding out
Acting against the shooter as a last
resort; Calling 911;Adopting a
survival mindset during a crisis
Additional ways to
Prepare and Prevent
• Ensure the CU has 2 evacuation routes
• Post evacuation routes throughout CU
• Include Law Enforcement and First
Responders during training exercises
• Encourage Law Enforcement, SWAT
teams, etc to train at CU
• Be aware and alert of workplace
violence and take action
Our Responsibilities –
Seconds Count
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K65829gOAk&feature=related
Building Manager Responsibility
• Disseminate emergency messages to
building staff and occupants thru
– Email
– Phone tree
– Paging, etc.
• Encourage Directors, and/or Department
Chairs to bring training to individual
departments for all staff.
Human Resource
Responsibility
• Conduct effective employee screening
and background checks
• Create a system for reporting signs of
potentially violent behavior
• Offer counseling services to employees
• Develop an EAP which includes
dealing with Active Shooter situations
action planning
Facility Manager
Responsibilities
• Institute access controls (i.e., keys,
security system pass codes)
• Distribute critical items to appropriate
managers / employees, including:
• Floor plans; Keys; Facility personnel
lists and telephone numbers
Facilities cont’d
• Work together with CU Police to ensure the
physical security of the location
• Assemble crisis kits containing: - radios;
floor plans; staff roster, and staff emergency
contact numbers; first aid kits; flashlights
• Place floor plans near entrances and exits;
Activate the emergency notification system
CU Police Responsibility
• Law enforcement will immediately respond to the
area.
• CU Police goal - to locate, contain, and stop the
shooter.
• Containing the shooter is priority after this is
neutralized, then, treating the wounded and
evacuation will occur.
• Treat wounded
• Evacuate the building
Potential Workplace Violence
• An active shooter may be a current or
former employee, or an
• acquaintance of a current or former
employee.
• potentially violent behavior in an
employee.
• Alert HR if an employee or coworker
exhibits potentially violent behavior.
Indicators of potentially
violent employees
• Increased use of alcohol and/or illegal
drugs
• Unexplained absenteeism; vague
physical complaints
• Depression / withdrawal
• Resistance and overreaction to
changes in policy and procedures
• Repeated violations of policies
Indicators cont’d
• Increased severe mood swings
• Explosive outbursts of anger or rage
• Suicidal; comments about “putting
things in order”
• Behavior which is suspect of paranoia,
(“everybody is against me”)
• Increasingly talks of problems at home
More Indicators…
• Escalation of domestic problems into
the workplace; talk of severe financial
problems
• Talk of previous incidents of violence
• Empathy with individuals committing
violence
The Aftermath…What to do…
• After the active shooter is no longer a
threat…
• Take a head count
• Notify the families
• Assess the psychological condition of
those at the scene
Closing Statement
• We can no longer predict the origin of the
next threat
• Assailants in some recent incidents across
the country were not students or
employees
• There were no obvious specific targets
and the victims were unaware they were
targets, until attacked
Discussion and Questions
• What if…