Event Phone: 254-770-2367

Active threat calls have become numbingly common over the last decade, regardless of community size. This course will help call takers, dispatchers, supervisors, and those who support them prepare to work against these threats – full-scale active shooters, cases of vehicle ramming, or cutting attacks. The internationally recognized 6-step pathway to active assailant violence and the rapid response, rapid deployment response model will be taught. Also covered will be mechanisms to detract from vehicle ramming and the reason that assailants are increasing the use of cutting instruments. This course will also address improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as they can be a diversionary tactic for a larger-scale attack, or they may be the mechanism of attack.

Telecommunicators will be updated on the latest we know about call-taking techniques during an active threat call. This training
will help the Telecommunicator recognize different types of assailants and understand the importance of moving through each call, gathering pertinent information, and recognizing hazards for responders, callers, and bystanders. Supervisors will receive information on how to manage the room and channels, while the administration will receive plans to guide the aftermath and long-term health of the agency. Our Founder, Tracy Ertl, was first exposed to active threat calls in 2007 while in Omaha, Nebraska, during their December mall active shooter. Attendees will be brought to that scene via recovered video narrated by Ertl or a HeroLight instructor.

Class taught by Tracy Ertl with HeroLight.

TCOLE credits will be reported by CTCOG.

Current Registrants:

• Danielle Cummings
• Mikayla Cloud
• Nicolette Campos
• Ignacio Pineda
• Benjamin Gullett
• Taylor Baker
• Erin Smith
• Matthew Robinson
• Kaitlynn Morgan
• Britton Shoellhorn