Transcript Office and campus lockdown planning

Workplace Violence and
Security Planning
2014
Presented by:
• Officer Andrew Risdall, Bloomington Police
Department
• Police Officer with Bloomington since 2000
• Member of the Bomb Squad since 2006
• Currently assigned as the Homeland Security
Coordinator, developing emergency plans with
City Departments, Government Agencies, and
the Private Sector.
Objectives
• Define the problem
– Active Shooter
– Violent or criminal actions
• Examine potential solutions
– Security and lockdown plans
– Planning and implementation
• Review case studies
• Examine Law Enforcement response tactics
Active Shooter Incidents
• What does an active
shooter look like?
• Where is an active
shooter likely to strike?
• How are they armed?
• Who is likely to be
targeted?
• What can we do about
it?
Washington Naval Yard Shooting
• Aaron Alexis
• 34 Years of age
• Civilian Contractor for
U.S. Navy
Washington Naval Yard Shooting
• Alexis purchased a
Remington 870 pumpaction shotgun and
sawed off the stock to
make it easier to
conceal.
• He disassembled the
shotgun to bring it into
the building, where he
reassembled it in a
bathroom.
Washington Naval Yard Shooting
• Alexis enters NAVSEA
Building 197 shortly after
8:00 AM on 9/16/2013.
• Alexis begins killing on
the fourth floor.
• Alexis kills an armed
security guard and takes
his 9mm pistol, which he
later uses.
• Alexis kills 12 victims
before being shot by
Police.
Active Shooter
• One or more suspect(s) who, as police
respond to the scene, are actively killing
and/or causing serious, life-threatening bodily
injury to multiple victims. The overriding
objective of the suspect(s) appears to be that
of mass murder, rather than other criminal
conduct such as robbery or hostage-taking.
Active Shooter Mentality
• Active shooters are
seeking to kill as many
people as they can.
• Most do not stop until
they are killed, either by
suicide or by a
confrontation with Law
Enforcement.
Jonesboro, Arkansas
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March 24th, 1998
Andrew Golden – Age 11
Mitchell Johnson – Age 13
Golden entered Westside
Middle School and pulled
the fire alarm.
• He then joined Johnson
outside and began killing
students and staff as they
evacuated.
• 5 killed, 10 wounded
Columbine High School, Colorado
• April 20th, 1999
• Eric Harris and Dylan
Kliebold use firearms
and explosive devices in
a coordinated attack
against Columbine High
School
• 13 killed, 21 injured
Columbine: The Plan
A "suicidal attack [which was] planned as a grand – if
badly implemented – terrorist bombing.“ – USA Today
• Kliebold and Harris built nearly
100 explosive devices.
• Their plan was to set off a
large explosive device in the
lunchroom, killing as many
possible.
• Kliebold and Harris had large
explosive devices in their
vehicles, which they planned
to use to kill students
evacuating from the building.
Columbine Details
• Harris maintained a private website in which he
described his guns, the explosive devices he
made, and a “hit list.”
• Other students were made aware of the list and it
came to the attention of Law Enforcement. A
search warrant was obtained, but never served.
• A school resource officer responded from the
parking lot and engaged Harris at an entrance
from 60 yards away. Neither was injured in the
exchange.
• Responding officers surrounded the building.
Red Lake, MN
• March 21st, 2005
• Jeffrey Weise arrives at
the school at 2:45 pm
and begins killing.
• Jeffrey Weise kills seven
at the school, before
being wounded by
responding Police at
2:52 PM and
committing suicide.
Norway, 2011
• Large vehicle bomb in
Oslo kills 8, wounds over
200.
• Shooting attack on island
kills 69, wounds 110
• Killing continued for over
an hour
• Police had no effective
means of reaching the
island
What is the “profile?”
• Columbine, Virginia
Tech, and other school
shootings have
creating a stereotype
of the active shooter
and their motivations.
There is no “profile”
It can happen here
• Accent Signage Systems
• Minneapolis
• 2012
• Engeldinger kills six after
being terminated from
employment
Failure to plan is planning to fail
What can we do?
Citizens
• Stop an incident before the
implementation stage, by
reporting suspicious
behavior.
• Develop an emergency
action plan for your school,
church or business.
• Train everyone on the plan.
• Practice with training drills.
Law Enforcement
• Prevent an incident by
responding to reports of
suspicious behavior.
• Develop a plan to respond
to an incident.
• Train the community.
• Practice response plans.
Five Stages of an Active Shooter
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Fantasy Stage
Planning Stage
Preparation Stage
Approach Stage
Implementation Stage
Intervention
• Fantasy – the killer(s)
may be expressing their
fantasies – verbal,
online, etc.
• Planning – the killer(s)
develops a plan –
surveillance
• Preparation – the
killer(s) begin acquiring
supplies – weapons,
ammunition, explosives
• Approach – the killer
approaches the target –
suspicious vehicle,
suspicious person
Implementation - Survival Strategies
• The goal for citizens and Law Enforcement in an
active shooter situation is to mitigate the number
of casualties.
• Law Enforcement has implemented a Rapid
Deployment strategy to minimize the time it
takes to end an incident.
• Lockdowns have been established as the best
solution for most schools and businesses.
• Some still advocate evacuation – for everything.
Lockdown
• A lockdown consists of following a pre-planned
series of actions in the event of an act of
violence.
• A notification is made immediately, by anyone,
when deemed necessary.
• Staff, students, and visitors seek shelter in rooms
that can be secured.
• Doors are locked, lights are turned off, view into
room is blocked. Occupants get “quiet and small.”
Implementation
• Determine secure locations, that prevent
people from having to travel significant
distances to seek shelter.
• Make classrooms, offices, and meeting rooms
suitable for a lockdown. This means anyone
can lock the door, without keys. There should
be no, or limited visibility into the room.
• Be creative. If major design changes are not
feasible, consider blinds, barricades, etc.
Lockdown to death?
• The point of a security
plan is not to find a
lockdown area at all
costs.
• You need to get there
quickly and safely for it
to be effective.
• If you develop a flow
chart, it is too
complicated
Overall Security Plan
• How is access to your workplace controlled?
– Who has access, and how (keys, fobs, security)?
– How does the public enter?
– Are visitors controlled?
• What do we gain by controlling access?
– Prevent theft, trespassing, harassment, and other
“minor issues”
– Deter and delay the active shooter
Implementation, cont.
• Notification
– PA
– Phones, pagers, signals
– How will you clear?
• Planning
– When will you
lockdown?
– Where will you go?
– How will you train?
What circumstances should trigger a lockdown?
Bloomington Schools
• When directed to by BPD
• Active shooter
• Unknown intruder who
circumvents a sign in system
• Bomb threat of serious nature
• Restraining Order/OFP
violations
• External issues
Mall of America
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When directed to by BPD
Active shooter
Mass casualty terrorism event
Explosion
Dangerous fugitive
Other situations where
extraordinary measures need
to be taken to ensure safety
Is it perfect?
• A lockdown is not a “silver bullet.”
• A lockdown will certainly not prevent an
incident from happening, and will not save
everyone if it does.
• A lockdown is a time delay tactic used to
allow Law Enforcement to respond and
eliminate the threat.
Would a lockdown work?
• Analysis of Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech Timeline
– Cho kills two at a dormitory (2).
– Cho enters classroom 206, kills professor and 9
students (10).
– Cho crosses the hallway to 207, kills professor and
4 students(5).
– One student is shot in a hallway (1).
– Cho killed 32 victims. Two at the dorm, and 30 at
Norris Hall. Those in 206 would not have been
saved by a lockdown plan. 207?
Virginia Tech
• In room 204, the professor held the doors
closed while most students escaped through a
window. The professor was killed after being
shot through the door while forcibly securing
it. One student was killed inside room 204 (2).
• In Room 211 an instructor and a student are
killed while trying to barricade the door. Cho
then enters and kills 10 more students (11).
Virginia Tech
• Room 205 – an instructor saw Cho coming and
barricaded the door with a large desk. Cho
fired through door but did not injure anyone
inside.
• A professor took 20 students from a classroom
to a nearby office where the door could be
locked and secured them inside. They
survived. The professor went to “investigate”
and was killed by Cho in the hallway (1).
VA Tech Summary
• The Virginia Tech shooting would have been a
tragic loss of life, whether a lockdown plan
was in place or not.
• If, however, the doors were able to be quickly
secured by staff or students, 14 to 20 of those
killed may have been saved.
• Faculty and students were killed holding doors
closed, and trying to barricade them.
Run. Hide. Fight
Their logic:
• One size fits all
• “Plan” can be rolled out
to everyone, without
any specific site
assessment
• Makes sense, doesn’t
it?
Our Logic:
• Evacuation is a good option,
if you know you can
accomplish it quickly and
safety
• Evacuation forces you into
choke points – stairwells
and common doorways.
• You may have no idea how
many shooters there are, or
where they are.
• Do you want to go find
them so you know where to
“run” to?
• In VA Tech, the doors were
chained shut to prevent
people from exiting.
• In Columbine, explosive
devices were planted in
hallways and the parking
lot.
• In Jonesboro, evacuation
was used to bring students
out to where they were
killed
• Children? Infants?
Disabilities?
What approach is best for you?
• What is your threat
level?
• How is your overall
security?
• Where can you go, how
safe is it, and how
quickly can you get
there?
A Plan:
• If the point of being
prepared is to have a
plan, HAVE A PLAN.
• Watching a five minute
video is not preparing.
• Assessing your space and
determining the best
option is preparing.
• Where are the victims in
this photo?
Fight?
• As a last resort, you should be
prepared to defend yourself.
• If you are trapped, you cannot
escape and your location is
being compromised by an
assailant, prepare yourself to
attack them when necessary.
Law Enforcement Response
• Every police car has a
patrol rifle, and every
officer is trained to use
it.
• Every available officer
responds.
• Entry is made
immediately, with the
focus of eliminating the
threat.
What you should know
• Police officers may be in civilian clothes and
will probably be armed with rifles.
• Police will consider everyone a suspect until
the situation is under control.
• Police will not be performing rescue functions
until the shooter is killed.
Questions?
• Andy Risdall
• Homeland Security Coordinator, Bloomington
Police
• 952-563-8622
• [email protected]