biography active shooter & multi-hazard crisis safety
TRANSCRIPT
1/10/18
1
Active Shooter & Multi-HazardCrisis Safety Consulting
Response to Business, School, Commercial Retail, Houses of Worship and Workplace Violence
&Improvised Explosive Devices.
John Sakoian, PresidentCommand Excellence™
ACTION™ TrainingCommandExcellence.com
John Sakoian is the President of Command Excellence™ LLC and ACTION™ Training. He is a Directorfor the international company First Tactical. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and currentlyserving on the Executive Board of the FBI National Academy Associates Western Pennsylvania Chapter.John formulated & instructed the Crisis Incident Command/Management and Active Shooter Trainingprograms for more than 1,200 police officers, over 2,500 educators in K-12 schools & Universities, and over200 commercial/workplace settings. John produced his Active Shooter programs into online educationmodules for workplace convenience and will soon partner with Send Word Now an internal emergencycommunications system who has operational systems in 70 of the top fortune 100 companies in the world.
John’s training programs have been approved by Pennsylvania’s Municipal Police Officers Education &Training Commission (MPOETC), obtaining twenty-four Pennsylvania grants and three Homeland SecurityPEMA grants approved by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).
John’s accomplishments also include the prior training of police officers who responded to the LA Fitnessshooting and the Franklin Regional High School stabbing incidents. John has been a Police Officer for over40 years, with 25 years of tactical command level experience.
Biography
Agencies Trained & Endorsements• Over 1,200 Law Enforcement & Public Safety
officials• PA Municipal Police Officers Training & Ed Commission (MPOETC)
• 24 PA State Grants• 3 Homeland Security Grants
• Over 2,500 Educators • School Districts & Resource Officers• PASSHE (14 PA State Universities) • Private Colleges• Community Colleges
• Over 200 Corporations, shops, malls, manufacturing factories, churches, health care, assisted living facilities & other private businesses
Introduction:There is no time when people are more severely tested or when their actions come under closer scrutiny than immediately after they have experienced a major incident.
Do you have a plan & train for multi-hazards?•Natural Disasters• Criminal Activity (Active Shooter & Improvised Explosive Devices; IED’S)
• Fire & Hazardous Material Incidents• Terrorist Actions & weapons of mass destruction• Travel• Self-destruction
ACTION™ Planning & Training Benefits
Createsasaferworkenvironment
Establishesclearleadership
Clarifiescommunicationsystems
PromotescoordinationwithPublicSafety
1/10/18
2
PreparationHow vulnerable of a target is your business, church or school? Are you prepared?
“Preparation & training makes your own luck”
Chuck Noll4 Steeler Super Bowls
“To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence”
Sun TzuArt of War
Steps:• Identifythethreat• Assessthethreat• Managethethreat
FBI & NYPD Study Statistics• US Active Shooter incidents have tripled in the last 14 years
• 29% occur in Schools, 49% occur in a Commercial Workplace
• 60% of incidents are over before police arrive, lasting @ 6 minutes
• 86% end violently; 40% commit suicide & 46% must be forcefully stopped
• 98% perpetrated by a ”Lone Wolf,” brittle people with deep personal, political or religious grievances, leading to acts of catastrophic violence or seeking notoriety
• 96% are perpetrated by males
• Only 1% flee and 13% Surrender
• 32,000 terrorism deaths in 2014, an 80% increase from 2013
LasVegas,Oct1,201758killedover500injured
NewYorkCityPark,Oct.31,2017HomeDepottruckattack,8killed,11injured
SutherlandSpringsTX,BaptistChurch,Nov.5,201726killed,27injured FBI & NYPD Study Statistics
• Auorora CO Theater; 70 people shot (12 killed) in 2012
• Virginia Tech VA; 49 people shot (39 killed) in 2007
• Fort Hood TX; 45 people shot in 2009
• Sandy Hook Elementary CT; 29 people shot (26 killed) in 2012
• Great need to identify these people during the planning stages
• 98% Lone Wolf, 96% male offenders, 26% kill or assault a family first
1/10/18
3
Do we know what we are doing?
50% of all attackers plan the event for about 2 weeks Strategic & Operational Planning
Strategic
Operational
Preparedness: A Continuous Process
Mental Mapping by Hearing, Seeing & Doing in TrainingC
Active or Static Barricade Options3.Negotiation2.Sniper1.Physicalassaulttoneutralizethethreat
Active Shooter & Multi-Hazard Safety Plan
• Threatvulnerability&riskassessment• Creatinganemergencyactionpre-planwithowner(s)&administration• Tabletopexercises• EmployeeACTION™training• Parent/familytraining• Studenttrainingifapplicable• LiveDrillsonsitewithlocalpublicsafety
• Leadership• Communicationsystems• Publicsafetynetworking• Behaviorcharacteristics• Violenceriskfactors• TriggerEvents• De-escalators• ImprovisedExplosiveDevices• Lockouts,lockdowns,controlledevacuations,shelterinplace,resistanceactions
Prevention, Preparation, Response & Recovery
1/10/18
4
ITResponsibilities• InternetTechnologyinternalsecuritylayers&maintenance• Firewalls,malware,passwords,updates,newhires,terminations,etc.
• InternalEmergencyCommunicationsSystem(testedregularly)• Text,voice,email,PA,web-based,geo-fenced&conferencecalling• Abilitytorespondforaccountability&reunification
• ElectronicVisitorSign-in,IdentificationSystem&RecordChecks• Surveillance/SecurityCameraswithsmartphoneremoteaccess• Computerizedlocks,logs&cardaccessandITinspections
consistentwiththefacilitysecurityoperationsandrequirements• Assistfirstresponderswithaccesscontrols&ITinformation
• Liaisonwithpublic&privateITpersonnel(FBIInfragard Program)
A C T I O N™Assess: Situational Awareness; what is going on? “OODA Loop” Observe, Orient, Decide & Act
Cover & Call 911: Tactical Movement to safety, cover stops bullets (explosives); Calling 911, be clear & articulate, identifying yourself & type of threat(s)
Time: Lockdown or Evacuate to create time & distance from the threat? (incidents are over in 3-10 minutes)
Inform: Law Enforcement and your people with updates (video surveillance, PA, phone, text, internet, etc.)
Offensive: Fight, resist distract as a last resort if confronted
Never Give Up!: to Fear, Helplessness & Horror (PTSD)Develop the Skill and the Will to survive!
8 Critical ACTION™ Tasks
PublicSafetyGoal is to preserve Life, Isolate, Contain, Solve
What to do in the first seconds that saves lives & the first minutes that lasts a lifetime
1. Call 911 (clear information, location & events)2. Command (company leadership identified)3. Communicate (identify danger areas and give clear
direction to your people and your resources)4. Control (be decisive, delegate tasks, assign liaisons)
Internal tasks, command post, tactical operations, media
5. Contain (perimeter integrity & isolate threat)6. Coordinate (a resolution plan with first responders)7. Casualties and Reunification8. Continuity of Operation (resumption of operation)
1. Establish “Communication and Control”2. Identify the “Kill Zone”& emergency
Entry Team3. Establish the “Inner Perimeter”4. Establish the “Outer Perimeter”5. Establish the scene “Command Post”6. Establish “Staging Areas”7. Identify and Request “Additional
Resources”8. Make “Notifications”
PrivateSectorGoal is to preserve Life, Isolate, Contain, Solve
Tactical ConsiderationsLock Down, Evacuate or Active Resistance?
Actionable IntelligenceDefensible Location
Perimeter integrity fortificationStealthCover
ConcealmentAvoid Un-cleared areas
Masking & Crossfire FireHigh Ground
Tactical Movement
Tactical Movement• ACTION™ personal & family plan• “Mental Map & Conditioned
Responses” under stress• Speed, surprise, supremacy of Action• Diversion, noise, movement• Active resistance & improvised
weapons, use force to save lives• Foot positioning (strong/weak)• Facing a gun• Moving at angles• Pie & Peek techniques
Tactical Movement = SurvivalPerception & Reaction Time Advantage
1/10/18
5
IED Safety Precautions• Assume the device is “Live.”• Do not touch the device or remove the fuse. • Do not cover the device, leave it as found.• Never place the device in water.• Evacuate persons from the vicinity.• Normal military color-coding does not apply.• Police may call the bomb unit for assistance or may use digital
photo’s sent by E-Mail.• RF: no, radio, cell transmissions.• Think ambush, secondary devices, multiple dispersed devices
and multiple simultaneous devices
ResponseIn an Emergency call 911 first
Communicate When you see it, say it!When you hear it, do it!
Activate your Incident Command & Emergency Internal Communication System(s)
Lockdown & Lockout Assist people with special needs
Evacuation (controlled) & Reverse EvacuationShelter in Place
Resistance Action as a Last Resort
The Warrior Spirit
• As our military is the “Tip of the Spear” protecting our nation by taking the fight to our enemies, we are the “Shield” protecting our cities, streets, schools homes & families.• “Spartan Oath” “This is my shield. I bear it before me in battle, but
it is not my own. It protects my brother on my left, it protects my city. I will never let my brother out of its shadow, nor my city from its shelter. I will die with my shield before me, facing my enemy.”• We must be prepared, Carpe Diem & Carpe Noctem, with a survivor
mindset; for the moment of truth (against evil) will be our hour of greatest need.
JohnSakoianhttp://commandexcellence.com/