“Fake news” became a popular buzz phrase during the 2016 Presidential election. But fake news and fake claims also play a role in some national conversations and misrepresentations about school safety and school active shooters. Critical reading, analytical thinking and asking probing questions are necessary skills for serious learners of school safety best practices. Sandy Hook […]
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ALICE training co-founder admits ‘counter’ tactic of students attacking gunmen has never been used by an ALICE-trained school class
Posted by Ken Trump on December 14, 2015
The co-creator of ALICE training admits that there is not one known ALICE-trained school that has ever used the controversial ALICE “counter” technique where students are taught to throw things and attack armed gunmen, according to an article last week by Education Week’s Evie Blad. Blad’s article opened by highlighting a recent Fox News’ Fox […]
Categories: Crisis - Emergency Planning for Schools School Law and Liability School Safety and Crisis Training Shootings - School Deaths | 11 Comments »
Tags: active shooters, ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, lawsuits, run-hide-fight, school safety liability
ALICE Training Institute distances itself from Alabama school’s throwing canned food at gunmen, then reaches out to the school for “positive spin”
Posted by Ken Trump on January 17, 2015
Following days of national and international skeptical media attention and mockery of an Alabama middle school that asked parents to send canned food for students to throw at armed gunmen, the ALICE Training Institute on Friday distanced itself from the controversy before trying to “put a positive spin” on the adverse attention that put a dent […]
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Tags: active shooters, ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, lawsuits, run-hide-fight, school safety liability
ALICE training gets kicked in the can: Alabama principal’s call for students to throw canned food to knock out gunmen gets nationwide, international skepticism
Posted by Ken Trump on January 15, 2015
Alabama middle school principal Priscella Holley’s letter sent to parents last week saying that the school will be “arming our students with a canned food item” to “stun the intruder or even knock him out until police arrive” has triggered national and international skepticism. Holley, the principal of W.F. Burns Middle School in Valley, Alabama, […]
Categories: Crisis - Emergency Planning for Schools School Law and Liability School Safety and Crisis Training Shootings - Mass Shootings - School Deaths | 3 Comments »
Tags: active shooters, ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, lawsuits, run-hide-fight, school safety liability
School active shooter drills trigger lawsuit and injury claims
Posted by Ken Trump on September 4, 2014
School active shooters drills are intended to prepare for saving lives, but recent lawsuits and injury claims suggest that some drills may pose a greater risk of harm than good to training participants. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal article entitled,” ‘Active Shooter’ Drills Spark Raft of Legal Complaints” tells of a teacher in Boardman, Ohio, who filed a […]
Categories: Crisis - Emergency Planning for Schools School Law and Liability School Safety and Crisis Training Shootings - Mass | 9 Comments »
Tags: active shooters, ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, lawsuits, run-hide-fight, school safety liability
Teaching students to attack gunmen is NOT the standard of care
Posted by Ken Trump on February 24, 2014
Is teaching students to throw things at, and to attack, heavily armed gunmen really the new standard of care? This question was recently raised in a conversation I had with a veteran school security director for a large U.S. school district. He was concerned that some individuals may mistakenly be lead to believe that such […]
Categories: Crisis - Emergency Planning for Schools School Law and Liability School Safety and Crisis Training Shootings - Mass Shootings - School Deaths | 2 Comments »
Tags: active shooters, ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, run-hide-fight, school shootings
Research data appears not to support students fighting gunmen
Posted by Ken Trump on February 16, 2014
January, 2014* An academic research report often pointed to by advocates for teaching students and teachers to fight heavily armed gunmen presents data showing that the majority of 21 active shooters in K-12 schools were NOT stopped by citizens subduing the gunman. Data provided from a forthcoming book chapter on active shooters in schools by […]
Categories: School Safety and Crisis Training Shootings - Mass Shootings - School Deaths | 2 Comments »
Tags: active shooters, ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, run-hide-fight, school shootings
ALICE training and run-hide-fight: Are students and educators risking injury?
Posted by Ken Trump on October 29, 2013
If trainees and trainers are being injured during A.L.I.C.E. training and run-hide-fight programs, should we be worried about children being hurt when educators and students are taught to throw things at, and to attack, armed gunmen? Are principals, superintendents and school boards aware of, and prepared to take on, this responsibility and potential liability? Questions about student […]
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Tags: ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, run-hide-fight, school shootings
School safety post-Sandy Hook: Proven, tested strategies prevail
Posted by Ken Trump on September 29, 2013
For the past nine months, our team of school security and communications consultants have maintained a steady approach and methodical voice of reason while serving as an anchor to superintendents, boards and principals who are facing a tidal wave of school-community emotion on safety issues. We have focused on proven prevention, preparedness, response and communications […]
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Tags: ALICE training, arming teachers, attacking armed intruders, bulletproof backpacks, bulletproof whiteboards, crisis communications, parent communications, run-hide-fight, sandy hook, school crisis plans, school shootings
School safety post-Sandy Hook: Context and focus from up close
Posted by Ken Trump on September 28, 2013
Even the most seasoned of school safety professionals have struggled to make sense out of the senseless — the loss of 20 children and six school staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. While I do not believe most of us will ever make sense out of it, I have found some […]
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Tags: ALICE training, arming teachers, attacking armed intruders, bulletproof backpacks, bulletproof whiteboards, crisis communications, parent communications, run-hide-fight, sandy hook, school crisis plans, school shootings
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