“There really is no ‘practice makes perfect’ for an active shooter, but I want all
of our employees to already know how they might react, where they might go
or if they would run, hide or fight,” Penny said. “Run, hide, fight” is an emerging
technique that appeared shortly after the Aurora, Colorado movie theater
shooting in the form of a YouTube video in 2012.
Lieutenant Luke Wicks of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department planned
each of the active shooter drills in the R-III School District and facilitated the
debriefing with employees immediately following those drills. “In the event of a
serious situation or an active shooter, I know what I would do. I train mentally
and physically to be able to act in the event it occurs. What you do and how
you react to a situation like this is a personal decision you have to make. Do
you risk your life to engage a threat for the potential to save others in the
school? That is the personal decision you have to make.”
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department estimates it would take
approximately seven minutes to respond, in full force, to an active shooter at
any of the Lincoln County R-III School District. Wicks said their primary goal
is to eliminate the threat. He stressed to the employees to always “trust your
instincts.”
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According to the FBI, there isn't one demographic profile of an active shooter,
but an analysis by the agency, released in January 2013, revealed trends among
shooters dating back to 2002:
WHO?
HOW?
WHY?
51% of the shooters were
40% were unable to be
43% committed suicide
8% were shot & killed
21% were motivated by
deceased following the attack
4% 95%
by responders
linked to a clear motive
workplace retaliation
14% were motivated by
domestic disputes
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