Enhancing Our Safety
procedures with
A.L.I.C.E.
Common Sense, Not Common Knowledge

Sgt. Justin Music
City of Sylvania
Police Division

A.L..C.E.

– Alert!, Get the word out!

– Lockdown, Good starting point, allows aggressive use of current technology and procedures to:

–		nform, communication keeps the shooter off balance, and knowledge empowers occupants to increase survivability.

– Counter, apply skills to distract, confuse, and gain control

– Evacuate, to reduce the number of potential targets for the shooter, and reduce the chances of victims resulting from friendly fire when help arrives

Response	Options

■ 	How	this	program	evolved: Traditional	Police	Response:
▪Contain	and	wait

▪SWAT/SRT (Hostage/Barricade)

Response	Options

■ 	Columbine	–	April	20th,	1999

▪ 14	students	and	1	teacher	killed

▪ 23	others	wounded

▪ Two	(2)	students	went	on		hour	long rampage	 planning	to	kill	500 students		and	blow	 up	the	school

▪ Police	provided	a	“traditional”
response

Response	Options

■	Post	Columbine	Respons	e	
	Police	Response		
	▪Active	Shooter/Quad

▪Push	to	contact

▪Neutralize	the	threat	Training	
School	Response

▪Lockdown	Procedures

Response	Options

■ 	Current	Best	Practices

Police	Response

▪Solo	Engagement	Training

▪Push	to	contact

▪Neutralize	the	threat

School	Response

▪ALICE	Training	to	empower	or staff	and	students

 What 	are 	the 	Benefits 	of 	Lockdown? 

■	 For  Police  and 
 School  Admin…. 

■	 For  the  Shooter…. 

■	Command
–	One word initiates procedure
■	Control
–	Know where everyone is located
■ 	Convenience
–	Easily administered and followed

■	Command
–	Action initiates procedure

■ 	Control
–	Procedure requires everyone to remain
■ 	Convenience….
–	Minimal action causes desired response

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■ Continuation	of	the	ALERT

■ Provides	Real-Time	Information

■ Allows	for	Good	Decision-Making

■ Confuses	and	Confounds	Attacker

Creates	Zones	of	Varying	Degrees
of	Danger

 INTELLIGENT 
Escape? 

Mass Evacuation Reality:

■	Whether planned or not, a mass
evacuation will occur	during the Active
Shooter event

■	Natural Response

■	Little resources required, little training required

CASE	STUDY
Columbine	H.S.	Library

■	Wounded Teacher tells students to hide
■	Bad guys enter library at 1129 hrs, 56 people inside
■	They stay in the library for 7½ minutes
■	Both gunmen stop during the shooting to reload and to shoot at police outside

■	In all they shoot 22 students in the library, 10 are killed

■	All the fatalities are static  , all but one are hiding under tables

 KEY  LESSONS 

■	What other options were available in the
Columbine Library Incident?

Why	Evacuate?

■ 	Why	is	it	okay	 to	leave	after	the crisis,	but	not	before	the	threat arrives?

■ 	We	want	 to		empower	our		staff	and students	to	make	choices	to	increase their	safety.

CONSIDER
NON-TRADITIONAL ESCAPE	ROUTES

Response	Options

■ “Intelligent”	Escape	may	be our	best	choice?

■ If	Escape	is	not	an	option…

▪ Enhanced Lockdown  may be	our	best	option?

Lockdown	Basics

■ 	Trust	your	instincts

■ 	You	may	hear	an	announcement

■ 	You	may	hear	gunfire/explosion

■ 	You	may	see	someone	walking	into the	building	or	through	the
building

■ 	A	witness/student	may	alert	you

■ 	 Do 	not 	wait 	for 	confirmation 	to 
 take 	action 

Enhanced	Lockdown

■	Layers of Security

▪ The first layer is locking the door
▪ Secondary Door Restraint Device
▪ The goal is to make ourselves a hard target

 	Secondary 	Door 	Restraint 	Device 	

Secondary	Door	Restraint	Device

Secondary	Door	Restraint	Device

Enhanced	Lockdown

■	Staff	and	Students	will  Stand 
inside	room.
■ 	Lock	the	door	– 1st layer of security
■ 	Barricade/Fortify	Your	Door:
▪SDRS/Rope/Cords - Door opens out
▪SDRS/Door Wedges - Door opens in
▪Desks
▪Chairs
▪Anyway you can make the door more difficult to breach

 KEY  LESSONS 

■	MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO CREATE A
“CHECK IN THE BOX” RESPONSE!

■	We have options – No one right answer!

 	ABN 	

■	"In a moment of decision, the	best thing	
	you can do is the right thing.	The next	
	best thing is the wrong thing.	The worst	
	thing you can do is nothing.”
Roosevelt	Theodore	

■ANYTHING	BUT
NOTHING!!!

 Action that Saved  Lives 

■	Thurston High School – Kipland “Kip” Kinkel
•	Springfield, Oregon
•	Bought gun at school, arrested and released
•	Shot and killed parents at home
•	Went to school the next day and shot 27 students killing two of them

 Action  that  Saved  Lives 

■	Thurston High School – Kipland “Kip” Kinkel
•	One student, Jacob Ryker, who had already been shot in the chest and wounded, tackled Kinkel as he reloaded his weapon.	Ryker was then shot once
more by a second gun carried by Kinkel.	Several other students then assisted and subdued Kinkel until police arrived. Ryker survived the shooting.

•	Kinkel fired a total of 51 rounds before being subdued but possessed a total of 1127 rounds
•	When arrested…

 Action  that  Saved  Lives 

■ 	Virginia Tech – Seung-Hui Cho (April 16th, 2007)
– Cho began by shooting two students in their dorm.
– Later, while the double homicide was being investigated by police, Cho went to Norris Hall and chained the main entrances.
– Cho then went to several classrooms and began to open fire on students many of them at point blank range.
– Cho went back to many of the classrooms a second time to kill any students who were still alive.	Two wounded students barricaded the door of their classroom preventing Cho from re-entering.

– A professor of another class held his door shut and instructed his students to exit through 2nd story windows.	All of the students who jumped survived.

Hallway	in	Norris	Hall

Classroom	in	Norris	Hall

The LESSON from Virginia Tech:

2 Killed vs. 28 Killed
3 Wounded vs. 14 Wounded

Proactive = 5 vs. Passive = 42

Room 210

Room 206

Room 206 -

14
Killed – 10
Wounded -2

Room 204

windows w/ 6 injuries.
4 shot, 1 fatal.

Room 204 –
19

Killed – 2
Wounded - 3

Room 200
No Class
No Class

Room 207 –
13

Hallway – Killed 1

Offices

Room 211	Room 207

Room 205

Room 211 –
19
Killed – 12
Wounded - 6

Barricaded after first engagement

Killed – 5
Wounded - 6

Barricaded before entry – no entry made. No gunshot injuries.

Killed – 0
Wounded - 0

Room 200

Data from Chapter 8, Virginia Governor’s
Report on Virginia Tech. (Kevin Granata - Hallway)

Exterior	of	Norris	Hall

2nd 	Story	Classroom	Window

The LESSON from Virginia Tech:

2 Killed vs. 28 Killed
3 Wounded vs. 14 Wounded

Proactive = 5 vs. Passive = 42

Room 210

Room 206

Room 206 -

14
Killed – 10
Wounded -2

Room 204

windows w/ 6 injuries.
4 shot, 1 fatal.

Room 204 –
19

Killed – 2
Wounded - 3

Room 200
No Class
No Class

Room 207 –
13

Hallway – Killed 1

Offices

Room 211	Room 207

Room 205

Room 211 –
19
Killed – 12
Wounded - 6

Barricaded after first engagement

Killed – 5
Wounded - 6

Barricaded before entry – no entry made. No gunshot injuries.

Killed – 0
Wounded - 0

Room 200

Data from Chapter 8, Virginia Governor’s
Report on Virginia Tech. (Kevin Granata - Hallway)

Response	Options

We	cannot		make	a		violent encounter	perfect,	but	we	can make		it	better	than		it	could have	been

Response	Options

 Remember: 

■ 		 Intelligent Escape  can	be	our best	option,	if	possible?

■ 	Enhanced	Lockdown

▪	Barricade/Fortify

■ 	Counter	–	SWARM (Grades 7-12)

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OU' R _ING  A MAJOR ICRISIS

Se  lions  5 an   6proviide sug   estions for r·esr   onses durng and a   .er school crises in   hich  one  or more ind·vrduals have· been v·cimize      by violence.

T  e Role of School Ad -       i  str tors, Te  chersl and Staff

1mmediae Response
1.  At  h e onset o  a s1i	ation, the folio   i ng thii ngs need to hap   en   s close  og 	her as possl  le. IRes  onding personnel wi ll	ave r        o use individual jud  m·e  ,·   as  o wha   , hey can and shoul 		o first, keeping i,  1                        m1 ind
tha 	heir pri1	ary r  le is ·aklng care of c  ildre 	at risk.
2.	Get stu   ents ou t of har mls way. Whe 	possible, get in  ouch	ith the  appro ·riate school au hori  .    or person on the  cris·s rna  agement team to de er m,[ne
whe  her evac  a ior11 or lockdown is  he .ap  ropria,r e
res  onse. Teachers should m  ke 	edsions a  out oc own  o r ev _cu	ion on th  ir on only in life­ threa  e  i g si uations, as specifie  ,        in t e sc  ool cris1s manargemen pia
3.		Use doors tha   look fro 	the inside onlly in cases w e e I ockdo    n is  h e safes ·  option. I n an ac· ive shooters· ua ion, only evacua e if  he location of  he shooter ·s kno  n and  an exit  is easily accessi le to
s u  en· s. S'   ch as a window tha   can be opened or bro en.

 esistance
Active resistance is · i gh  ing  arck   ith any o jects  o o port nity, such as c  a1lrs, desk. and books. A    ive resistance is a last reso    an   sho   ld only be use  ·
if  ot   n ial vi   ims   re  rapped in    room wi han
active shoo  erthere are already      ·cti ms. an   all ot her
pe son   I surviva I reco    m   nd tio s ar   no longer  n
o 	ion. 	here have bee 	cases w  ere active resis .anee has been successfuUy used, sue-   as a S'   oo  ing i· n
Sp in    eld. Oregon.

lmpleme ting he Crisis Management Plan
Dependi g on the  nature o the emergencyJ eithe.  law enforcemren  or the  fire depa  men  Ni II   e in char  'e·  of th e inddent..

1.		Secure  a ll  areas for s uden . a 	.   sta 	sa ety Ul'  ill t  le police a  ive.
2.   Be a  are  ha      e si ,e may be a po  ential cri1 ·         e
scene. Avoid u· neaessa·lirly tampering	ith o 	is- urbin	evidence·.		o ·    he exten  poss" bl e. leave alii objects exactly as they  a e- to 	rotect ev1  ence for lawenforceme 	investiga ions. Disco . rage  o hers
1                rom	isturbing po ential evi   ence·.
3    Tell erne   'e  cy res ,     ond  rs where he school staff

com	and pos·  is located.
4.   Dir,ec  a  iving families to  he   !es ir gn  h      pll ce·
where they ca 	rece·ve  f nforr   artio .
5.   Do   .ot dism iss students to unkno  n care.                 ,

4.	Assess

_    _               ether 	nyone is injru r  d and  h   s,

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6. 	In  he case of a lockdown, ha ve a s.i   n-ou   sh  et to'

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Department of Homeland Security Active
Shooter – How To Respond

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/active_shooter_booklet.pdf

Overall	Goal

▪ To	provide	a	range	of		options and	communications	in	order for	 occupants		to	make	 the best	decision	for	 their	safety

Response	Options

 How? 

■ 		 Intelligent Escape  can	be	our best	option,	if	possible?
▪ Consider non-traditional escape routes
▪ Counter options as you exit

■ 	Enhanced	Lockdown

▪	Barricade/Fortify

■ 	Counter	–	SWARM (Grades 7-12)

 	Questions 	

Sgt.	Justin	Music
City	of	Sylvania	Police	Division
(567)455-0794
851@sylvaniapolice.com