Active Shooter : Preparing for and Responding to a Growing Threat.

Front Cover -- Active Shooter -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- 1 Active Shooters and Workplace Violence -- Introduction -- Historical Overview -- Active Shooter Definition -- Complexity of Violence -- Prevention -- Workplace Violence -- Personal Relationships -- Employer-Related -- Property or Commercially Motivated -- Four Levels of Violence in the Workplace -- Costs to the Organization -- References -- 2 Motivations and Triggers -- Profiling or Behavioral Profiling -- What are They Thinking? -- Assumptions -- Mental Illness -- Medications -- Bullying -- Violent Video Games, Movies, and Television Programs -- Classifications -- Indicators -- Triggers -- References -- 3 Effective Planning -- Emergency Action Planning -- Response and Recovery Planning -- Business Continuity Planning -- Planning Stages -- Active Shooter Planning -- Policies and Procedures -- Dissemination -- References -- 4 First Responders and the Private Sector -- Roles, Responsibilities, and Action -- Requirements and Assistance -- Gaps and Challenges -- Insider Threat -- Before, During, and After -- Before -- During -- After -- Effective Coordination -- Security Surveillance and Control Room -- Emergency Command Center or Emergency Operations Center -- Emergency Evacuation Assembly Area -- References -- 5 Coordinated Response, Expectations, and Goals -- Who Will Arrive? -- When Will First Responders Arrive? -- First Responders -- Response -- Expectations -- Employee Actions -- Business Actions -- Goals -- References -- 6 Internal and External Communications -- Systems and Platforms -- Platforms of Communication -- Social Media -- Alarm, Employee Notification, Verbal Warning, or Observation -- Messages During an Active Shooting -- During the Shooting, What Message Should Be Sent over the Communication Platform? -- Prescripted Message.

Content of Warning Messages -- Should You Send a Second Message Out to Individuals inside the Business? -- What Update Message Will the Business Send to Employees and Guests Hiding out from the Shooter? -- What Is Your Message to the Entire Building When the Shooter Has Been Neutralized? -- Who Prepares All the Messages, and Who Communicates Them? -- Internal and External Communication -- What Message Should Be Communicated to Tenants? -- What Message Should Be Communicated to Employees Reporting to Work? -- Should a Message Be Provided to Your PBX Department for When People Call? -- Persons Who Have a Disability -- Communications Considerations for Persons Who Have a Disability -- Signage -- International Guests -- Communication Gaps -- Communications After -- Internal Self-Assessment Process During and After an Active Shooting -- References -- 7 Human Resources -- Human Resources -- Internal Threats -- Considerations -- Staff and Contractors -- Standards of Behavior -- Discrimination -- Workers' Rights -- Pre-employment Screening -- Procedures and Process -- Reporting Process -- Zero Tolerance -- References -- 8 Preparedness -- Roles and Responsibilities -- Preventive Measures -- Physical Security Policy and Procedures -- Technology and Equipment -- Identification of Gaps -- Risk Assessment -- Threat Assessment -- Vulnerability Assessment -- Redefining the Risk Formula -- Recommendations and Options for Consideration -- Acceptable Risk -- Audits and Surveys -- Budgeting -- References -- 9 Training, Awareness, Education, and Exercise -- Training -- Awareness and Situational Awareness -- Challenges -- Education -- Exercise -- Process -- References -- 10 Recovery -- Most Valuable Asset -- Effects of Decisions -- Business Differences -- Business Decision and Choice -- Active Shooter Plan -- Business Continuity Plan -- Command Center.

Notification Structure -- Emergency Evacuation Assembly Area -- Damage Assessment -- Exterior Assessment -- Interior Assessment -- Restoration Overview -- Reunification -- Three Sectors of Recovery -- Three Phases of Recovery -- Immediate Recovery -- Employee Actions -- Initial Recovery -- Sustainable Recovery -- Checklist Process -- References -- Appendix A: Types and Classifications of Murderers -- Appendix B: Psychological Characteristics of Murderers -- Appendix C: Active Shooting Workplace Violence Recovery Questions -- Appendix D: Active Shooter and Workplace Violence Training Exercise -- Appendix E: Case Studies -- Index.

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