Active Shooter Flashcards
Activity immediately causing death/serious bodily injury/immediate risk of death
Active Shooter
Position of tactical advantage in a room/building/vehicle armed and refusing orders
Barricaded Suspect
Secure the permitter and wait for specially trained unit
traditional deployment
immediate deployment to on going life threatening situation, where delayed deployment could cause death or great bodily injury
rapid deployment
suspects first violent action until stopped or suspect transitions to a new activity
timeline of violence
active shooter stops violent actions and tries to escape or barricades themselves
incident transition
What to do during an active shooter
rapid deployment
What to do during a hostage situation
setting containment perimeter, gather info and request resources
police preparation prior to an active shooter incident
schematics, photos, diagrams of building
five stages of an active shooter
fantasy, planning, preparation, approach, implementation
rapid deployment procedure
lights and sirens, avoid ambush/detection
1,2,3,4,5 officer deployment
speed, surprise, shock, fast but efficient
leap frog method
cover one officer at a time as you move up
slicing the pie
start at one side of the door way and work way around in sections
solo officer responding
“Threat Down!” set perimeter, check weapons, immediate incident command, update LCAN
LCAN
Location, condition, actions, needs
Traditional Response vs Non
Non=enter immediately
3B’s
Brass, Blood, Bodies
Shell casings, victim behaviors, blood, sounds of weapon
indicator based movement
limited entry tactics
slicing the pie 45/90/45 degrees
hallway movement
work from center, avoid hugging wall
establish point, move in line formation, L-formation, no gaps, tethered, contact clears doorway
2 officer contact
T-Coverage, 360 degree coverage, point and rear
3 officer contact
diamond formation, 3 point 1 rear
4/5 officer contact
serpentine
moving down hallway makes harder to target during choke points
not a primary concern
noise discipline
do not back light other officers
light discipline
point take first cover, 90 degrees, hard corners
section clearing
injured
no stimulus attend to injured, stimulus= will be passed
bypass if no indication of a threat inside
locked rooms
door/window/car/ram/kicking
breaching methods
TN v. Garner
Deadly force as necessary, # of rounds necessary to stop threat
if trying to escape
use force that is reasonable
dead mans 6 seconds
transition to head shot
do not use radio close by, find alternate route if possible, do not touch
pipe bomb/IED
