KINGSTON, R.I., March 14, 2018 \u2014 The school shooting in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14 that left 17 dead has captured and sustained the nation\u2019s attention in ways that previous shootings has not. But that massacre is not what led the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Public Safety to offer active shooter training to faculty, staff and students.<\/p>\n
The University has provided its officers with such training for a number of years, and the department leads programs for police departments in local municipalities and at other universities. Expanding into training sessions for \u201ccivilians\u201d simply made sense, said Maj. Michael Jagoda. \u201cWe are the model in the state for active shooter training,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
When the department announced community trainings in early March, demand was immediate, and additional 90-minute sessions have been scheduled to accommodate the interest.<\/p>\n
溏心vlog免费B站 Community Police Officer Paul Hanrahan begins a session by playing video and audio from the recent Florida shooting and the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado that killed 13 and changed how police respond. The audience listens to a nearly five-minute recording of a dispatcher speaking to Columbine\u2019s increasingly frantic librarian as sporadic gunfire can be heard in the background.<\/p>\n
The dispatcher asks the librarian to describe the shooters and suggests she go lock the door while students hide under desks. Meanwhile, first responders surround the school, waiting to enter in the hopes of talking the student gunmen into surrendering.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no more waiting. When the police arrive, they go right in, by any means necessary,\u201d said Hanrahan, who noted that a typical mass shooting (defined as an incident with four or more casualties) lasts just seven to nine minutes.<\/p>\n
Research shows that mass shooters have certain traits in common: 95 percent are male; they seek to inflict the highest number of casualties in the shortest amount of time; they are not interested in negotiation; and they are fully prepared to die, Hanrahan said. Schools, movie theaters and concert halls are prime targets because so many people are gathered in one place, with limited escape routes.<\/p>\n