{"id":5569,"date":"2018-02-21T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/?p=5569"},"modified":"2021-03-31T15:20:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T15:20:20","slug":"dealing-active-shooter-derek-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/21\/dealing-active-shooter-derek-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With An Active Shooter by Derek Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Perspective<\/h4>\nWell, we have yet another school shooting to deal with in America. The massacre on Valentine\u2019s Day, where a 19-year-old expelled student killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida is yet another true American tragedy of epic proportions. And as you know, events such as these seem to be happening more and more often.\n\nLet me begin by giving my condolences to the many families that had to go through this terrible tragedy. It seems that there is no clear way to stop this type of threat as we have no idea where the next one will occur.In this day and age, how can you not fear the unthinkable? What would you do if you were ever at a shopping mall, concert, sporting event, school, etc. and some moron started shooting with a gun. It is sad to say, but you need to be prepared.\n\n[dfads params='groups=292&limit=1&orderby=random']\n

School Officers<\/h4>\nWhen I grew up in Chicago, I attended four different schools, two elementary schools, and two high schools. Each of these schools had an armed Chicago police officer stationed there. Now, I will admit that these guys were usually old, overweight and probably close to retirement and maybe could not handle the streets anymore.\n\nBut we feared that these were the guys you should not mess with because they were probably not going to wrestle with you, they would just shoot you. That\u2019s what they said and what we thought anyway. When I did a cursory check, I did not see many inner-city schools having mass shootings, and that is probably because many of them already have a police presence, metal detectors, and searches.\n

Recommendations<\/h4>\nWith this in mind, my first recommendation would be for these measures to be implemented in all schools. I know this is an extreme and costly measure, but it may save lives. Now I want to introduce measures that can be used to deal with an active shooter at the workplace or in a school. These are recommendations from the Department of Homeland Security, and I have added comments where warranted.\n\nAn active shooter can strike any place, at any time. They've struck restaurants, post offices, schools, theaters shopping malls, concerts, and just about any place you can imagine.\n\nTheir modes of operation are quite simple, basically, the active shooter tries to trap as many people as possible in a contained area. The shooter\u2019s goal is to get a high body count, and this is what makes these types of events so absolutely horrific.\n\nOn the surface, it might seem that it\u2019s impossible to survive an active shooter event, but realize that even with the horror of these events there is a chance to survive and I want to help you increase your survival rate<\/a> right now! You absolutely must know how to identify, react and give yourself and family the best chances to survive during an active shooter incident.\n
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Active Shooter \u2013 Active Threat<\/h2>\nAn active shooter<\/strong> is defined as an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area. While the majority of incidents involve the use of firearms, the term \u201cactive shooter\u201d may also apply to an individual armed with any type of weapon (e.g., firearm, knife, explosives).\n

Some warning signs of potential violence<\/h4>\nAs I examine some of the shootings that have taken place, including this most recent one at, there always seem to be signs that the person was not quite right. I know it is easy to back seat quarterback these things, and I won\u2019t do that, but hopefully, people will take some of these signs more serious.\n\nHere are some of the warning signs you need to look out for from employees or former employees and even students and former students:\n

Resistance and overreaction to changes in policy and procedures<\/h5>\n