Weapons on Campus

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Weapons on Campus

• Kendall A. Young, M.S.
• Director of Special Programs
• Kerrville ISD

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Overview of Presentation

• Phases of emergency response
• Preparedness
• Response
• Implementing mock crisis drills
• Integration into crisis plan
• Blueprint for success
• Evaluating mock crisis drills
• Community partners/emergency responders
• Lessons learned from active school shooter
  simulation drill

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Emergency Management

• Preparedness (active school shooter)

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Statistics Weapons on Campus
Source Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S.
Public Schools, 1996-97
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Likelihood of Incidents

• The untimely death of any child is distressing,
  and the deaths of children in our schools are
  both shattering and dramatic. Violence directed
  at any child in school deserves our attention and
  our best efforts to prevent any further violence.
  But, like any serious endeavor, reducing school
  violence calls for perspective, not panic.
• The probability that any school age child will
  die this year from
• Any cause (1 in 3,000)
• A traffic accident (1 in 8,000)
• Homicide, away from school (1 in 21,000)
• Suicide, away from school (1 in 28,000)
• Cancers (1 in 33,000)
• Accidental drowning (1 in 73,000)
• Heart disease (1 in 79,000)
• A firearm accident (1 in 200,000)
• Pneumonia or influenza (1 in 250,000)
• Homicide at school (1 in 1,700,000)

Sources These figures were calculated using
1997 values from the U. S. Census Bureau, the U.
S. Dept. of Education, the U. S. Dept. of
Justice, and the Centers for Disease Control,
Injury Mortality Reports.
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Emergency Management

• Response (active school shooter)

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Planning and Implementation

• Mock Crisis Drills (active school shooter)
• Planning
• Location, time, date
• Objectives to accomplish/evaluation tool
• Agencies involved
• Notification to media, dispatch, parents, staff
• Scenario development
• Walk-through
• Volunteers
• Training
• Materials and resources
• Implementation
• Designated time table, roles, responsibilities
• Materials and resources
• Hydration
• Flexibility
• Various scenario versions rehearsed
• Debriefing

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Blueprint for Success

• Prior to Mock Drill
• Administrative support
• Emergency responders/agency support
• Legislative support (Texas SB 11)
• Handout Preparing and implementing mock drills
• During Mock Drill
• Identified drill coordinators
• After Mock Drill
• Mock debriefing (critical)
• Handout William Steele's debriefing SITCAP cards

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Evaluating Mock Crisis Drills

• Refer to handout
• Immediate debriefing summative evaluation session
• Follow-up extensive summative evaluation
• Distribute "Sustain Improve" information to
  campuses
• Follow-up unannounced mock drill

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Lessons Learned

• Video Presentation (3 Segments)
• Active school shooter
• Victims
• Parent
• School Response
• Coordinated effort
• Faculty/staff response
• Emergency Responder Response
• Availability of resources
• Campus maps
• Video surveillance