use them for free training. The overall goal of this segment
should be to concentrate on four basic components: outward-opening doors, inward-opening doors, commercial
windows and padlocks and cables.
• How are you going to put your tools into patrol? If you’re
fortunate to have purchased enough units for your entire
fleet or a majority of it, then you have your answer. If you
did not, and you have to select which units to place your
gear into, the answer really depends on how many units
you have to deploy. You want to have as much coverage as
possible, so if you have sector cars you would try to cover
the furthest edges of your territory. After doing this, you
would want to provide coverage for the central areas of
you sector or specific units, such as SRO, etc. One thing we
have learned from debriefs and post 9-11 history is that
the concept of loading a ton of gear into a few specific cars
does not work. The one rule you want to apply is spread as
much of your gear into patrol, so patrol can respond direct
in an emergency to save lives.
• Stage emergency products in strategic locations. After
Sept. 11, my partner Nick and I came up with this concept.
This is specific to large campuses, business parks, airports,
bus depots etc. The concept we developed is similar to the
defibrillators you see staged in the same facilities. The only
difference is these items are either stored in alarmed cabinets that activate a siren as well as 9-1-1, when opened.
The other option is to store for law enforcement response
– such as tools and medical supplies etc. – in predetermined locations with access only available to emergency
responders.
The final aspect is to train. Like anything else, training is essential for all aspects of life, especially response to emergencies. Many of you may get the response, “We will have to look
at that next time,” “We have an SRO in the school with access,”
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