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Volume 15
August 2017 Edition
A key to improving response to and resiliency
from active threat incidents is having an inte-
grated response plan that is practiced and tested
regularly by the personnel throughout the orga-
nization. take, on average, 8 to 10 minutes to arrive on an
active threat scene.
Complete familiarity with the plan, and knowl-
edge of alternate options when improvisation is
required. Those crucial first minutes of the attack may well
determine who survives and who does not.
These are all skill sets that can be learned and
measured and improved upon through practice
and evaluation.
The challenge is getting people to invest in their
own security—making security personal with
skills that transcend work environments and per-
sonal lives.
AST: ‘What are the various ways a com-
pany like KGH can help enhance secu-
rity in the public and private sectors?’
Any ordinary day can turn extraordinary in an in-
stant.
Violence is no longer a rarity nor confined to any
particular type or place of business.
Active threat incidents can happen anywhere, to
anyone, at any time: in a store, an office build-
ing, in shopping malls, on campus, in open park-
ing lots, in movie theaters and even on military
bases.
That 8 to 10 minutes is an eternity if you are in
the pathway of an individual on a rampage.
Often, by the time the first responders arrive
at the scene, the assailant will have already
achieved his objective and committed suicide, or
staged himself for the final confrontation with law
enforcement.
What this means is that the average citizen is
now the new first or initial responder; that our
survivability from a violent attack will depend on
the preparedness, confidence and capabilities
of our coworkers, our employees, our neighbors
and our friends.
Security sense is not only personal, but it also
makes common sense.
AST: ‘What are some active threats that
you expect will become more pr