A Corporate 360 Degree Approach to

Active Shooter

Presented By: Douglas Ellington

Matthew Johnson

2018 Active Shooter Facts

• 2018 Secret Service Mass Attack Study

• 27 Incidents• 60% took place in businesses

• 91 persons killed

• 107 persons injured

• Most attackers used firearms

• 2/3 of the suspects had mental health symptoms

• 63% of the incidents lasted under 5 minutes

• Other Active Shooter Facts

• 2014 to 2017 mass shootings increased from 274 to 346 up 26.3 percent

• The Virginia Tech Shooting costs the school an estimated $48.2 million

• “A handful of public companies have begun quietly warning investors about how gun violence could affect their financial performance.”

*The Wall Street Journal 8/7/2019

1. Participants will learn how to conduct a tactical assessment and who should be included in the process.

2. Participants will gain an understanding of the value of an active shooter white board exercise and an actual incident rehearsal.

3. Participants will gain a greater understanding of the needs of the first responder to an active shooter event.

Presentation Objectives

Train

Rehearse

Plan

• We chose this model due to its cyclical approach to improvement.

• At any given point the stake holders can reassess each stage of the cycle and make change.

Train

Rehearse

Plan

360 Degree Approach

360 Degree Assessment (Strengths and Weaknesses)

1. Employee

• Preseason Training

• Evacuation

2. Security

• Building layout

• iOFFICE

• Technology

3. First Responders

• Rally point

• Evacuation hurdles

• Access control

• Blue prints

4. Corporate Technical Strengths and Weaknesses

• Building designs

• Interoperability with technology

Planning

Employee reporting

• Create an open channel for easier risk reporting

Employee resources

• Work with HR to provide a robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Create multi discipline team (HR, Legal, Security) for sharing information and developing solutions to mitigate high risk situations

Planning and training should be unique to each location covering all aspects of your business such as: Corporate, Retail and Distribution Centers.

Escape routes, rally points, hiding spaces etc. are unique within each component of the business

Planning: Employee Knowledge & Risk

Skills assessment• Ability to utilize and access

technology under stress• Basic risk mitigation skills

Knowledge of procedures• Weapons training and tactics

• First Aid Training

Planning: Security

Conducted tours for first responding Fire Dept. staff• Interactive highlighting logistical challenges

• Staging areas• Alternate evacuation routes• Campus first aid procedures and suggestions for improvements• Security procedures• Access control system challenges• Leveraging UA technology

Conducted roll call training for police • Campus security procedures

• Access Control• Staging areas

• Active shooter challenges• Foot bridges and campus construction• Leveraging UA technology / Available at other locations and

VIA Portable Devices

Planning: Tactical Assessment

Access control assessment• Footbridges on main campus

• Interoperability between offices

• Need for training on multiple systems with a view toward integration into single platform

• Go bag, Knox box inspections, blue prints, panic button tests, alarms

Communication between offices

In Case of Crisis• Continuous inspections of rally points

Building inspections• Evacuation routes

• Rally Points

• Exit Signs

Planning: Corporate Risk Assessment

Training

▪ Smaller training exercises to

boost aptitude of guards

▪ Builds team work

▪ Provides association of how

to use technology for

multiple incident types

▪ Camera, access control,

policy, evacuation

▪ In Case of Crisis

▪ Manager training

▪ Active Shooter

▪ Preseason Training

▪ Learning Management

Training

▪ Stop the bleed

▪ CPR / First Aide

▪ Created online interactive

training videos

▪ Continue employee trainings

on maintaining evacuations

routes

▪ Rally points

▪ In Case of Crisis

▪ Finding nearest exits

▪ Note employees typically exit

the same door the enter

Comprehensive Training

Key stake holders▪ Fire Department

▪ Battalion Chief for local response

▪ Academy instructors

▪ Emergency Medical Services▪ Local Chief▪ Academy instructors

▪ Police Department▪ Local Commander▪ Academy instructors▪ Tactical Unit

▪ 911 Supervisor▪ FBI▪ State Police▪ Office of Emergency

Management▪ Security▪ HR▪ Public Affairs▪ Risk Management

Emergency Evacuation Drills• No longer fire drills

• Involve first responders and facilities

• Conduct a Town Hall at the rally point• Talk about evacuation

• Active shooter

• Evacuation tactics

Rehearsals

Active Shooter Capstone Exercise• Stake holders from white board

• Patrol Units called from street• Disarmed and armed with blank pistols

• Safety in the training area is important

• Academy class utilized as victims

• Tactical unit response• Tactical unit conducted same exercise as patrol

• Fire Department / EMS followed up with a mass casualty exercise

Rehearsal

After Action Review• Strengths

• Relationships with first responders and UA team• Basic planning• Training was a strength but also an area for continued improvement

• Areas for improvement• Examples of lessons learned

• The go bag that seemed effective in training got in the way. First responders simply wanted a key to gain access

• Reunification issues we grappled with were easily solved with Maryland Emergency Management and their team

• Unified command• Communication concerns with fire and police• Day Care center concerns and logistics

Rehearsal

UA Opry Mills Mall Store May 3, 2018

UA Opry Mills Mall Store May 3, 2018

• Chief Security Officer Frederick Bealefeld • fbealefeld@underarmour.com• 443-651-9404

• Director Douglas Ellington• dellington@underarmour.com• 443-676-3249

• Lead Matthew Johnson• mjohnson5@underarmour.com• 443-253-6271

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360 Degree Approach Contact Information