Active Shooter Training: Get HR Involved

Hank Christen

You likely perceive active shooter training as being response focused; something happens that triggers action. Add a new perspective by making HR a key player before an active shooter tragedy. Here’s how:

  1. Create a formal culture where overt or veiled threats and behaviors are immediately addressed by HR.
  2. Ensure that employees can safely report observations or concerns without fear of retribution.
  3. “If you see something, say something,” is a useless slogan if HR doesn’t take action. Don’t dismiss a report by responding, “That’s just Ralph, you know how he is.”
  4. Iniate an annonomous Violence Tip Line where team members can verbally or electronically report threats or creepy behavior.

Remember that a common thread in many workplace violence and school active shooter attacks is the shooter made threats and exhibited suspicious behavior before carrying out an attack.

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About Hank Christen

Dr. Hank Christen was an Atlanta Fire Department Battalion Chief, Emergency Manager, and Director of Emergency Services for Okaloosa County, Florida. He has responded to multiple disasters in his career and was the Incident Commander for Hurricane Erin, Opal, Earl, and Georges, and responded to Hurricane Andrew (Miami), and Hurricane Marilyn (U.S. Virgin Islands). He co-authored eight books on crisis management and the incident command system in the disaster response field. Dr. Christen has served on a team that evaluated a biological non-traditional syndromic surveillance program during the 2000 George Bush Presidential Inauguration. Dr. Christen has also responded with a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (FL-1 DMAT) to the 2001 World Trade Center Attack, and served as team commander during the team’s deployment to the Atlanta Olympic Bombing. Additionally. Dr. Christen has served on a panel that evaluated the medical response to the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2014. Dr. Hank Christen EdD currently is responsible for developing curriculum, technical writing, and instructing courses with Active Shooter 360, LLC. The materials developed and taught by Dr. Christen include Active Shooter Awareness, Threat Intervention Practices, Incident Command System (ICS), Crisis Decision Making, and Emergency Operations Planning.
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