Law Enforcement Response to Active Shooters Killers
COURSE GOAL:
This course will provide law enforcement attendees with information, expectations, tactics,
techniques, leadership, and proper mindset, to survive, and save victims involved in an Active
Shooter/killer incident; wherein the Rescue Task Force concept will be utilized. The course will
consist of lecture, integration protocols, hands-on isolation drills, and force-on-force scenarios
for all students attending this course.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The Deputy will:
A. Demonstrate knowledge of Department policies dealing with active shooter response
1. P&P 300 Use of Force
2. P&P 304 Shooting Policy
B. Demonstrate the minimum standard of active shooter/violence response tactics.
C. Demonstrate the minimum standard of Rescue Task Force, force protection tactics.
D. Understand the leadership role of law enforcement when responding to active
shooter/violence incidents.
E. Demonstrate tourniquet pre-deployment staging and self/victim application.
F. Demonstrate sound judgment and decision making.
G. Demonstrate inter-agency communication concepts.
I. Introduction / Orientation
A. Introduction, Registration and Orientation
B. Overview of Course Objectives, Exercises, Evaluation, and Testing.
C. Safety and Medical briefing
II. Lecture
A. Active Shooter/Killer Review
B. Contact Team Weapons
C. Rescue Breaching
D. Threat Identification and Target Acquisition
E. Active Shooter/killer transition to barricade
II. RESCUE TASK FORCE
A. Introduction
B. Leadership
C. Evacuation
III. Tourniquet Pre-Deployment Staging and Application
A. Pre-Deployment Staging
IV. Police/Fire Integration Concepts
A. Law Enforcement responsibilities
B. Fire responsibilities
C. Breaking the communication barrier
D. Casualty/Triage care center
E. Responsibilities in Rescue Task Force
IV. Isolation Drills
A. No live weapons will be allowed by students during isolation drills
B. Drills
C. All isolation drills shall be conducted using inert molded training guns
V. Active Shooter/Killer Rescue Taskforce Scenarios (Simunitions/no live fire)
A. Safety Briefing
B. Role Player Safety