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http://online.wsj.com/articles/active-shooter-drills-spark-raft-of-legal-complaints-1409760255
This is an interesting article. It opens with a lawsuit by a nursing home employee suing because of being traumatized because of an active shooter drill at her facility where she was taken hostage - never knowing it was a drill.
Apparently, while there are some states that require active shooter training for schools (no students present), the simulations are real enough to traumatize participants significantly, causing numerous complaints.
However the majority of the complaints seem to come from those not knowing that there are active shooter drills going on when they found themselves in the middle of such a drill.
There have also been injuries as a result.
That such drills were conducted without EVERYONE being informed at the time of the event (and not just the police counting on mgmt to tell the employees sometime beforehand) seems like a real safety hazard on many levels.
I certainly think that the drills are a good idea, but the people conducting the drill need not only know how to handle the active shooter situation, but also how to properly and safely conduct such a drill. This second part seems to be a salient issue.
This is an interesting article. It opens with a lawsuit by a nursing home employee suing because of being traumatized because of an active shooter drill at her facility where she was taken hostage - never knowing it was a drill.
Apparently, while there are some states that require active shooter training for schools (no students present), the simulations are real enough to traumatize participants significantly, causing numerous complaints.
However the majority of the complaints seem to come from those not knowing that there are active shooter drills going on when they found themselves in the middle of such a drill.
There have also been injuries as a result.
That such drills were conducted without EVERYONE being informed at the time of the event (and not just the police counting on mgmt to tell the employees sometime beforehand) seems like a real safety hazard on many levels.
I certainly think that the drills are a good idea, but the people conducting the drill need not only know how to handle the active shooter situation, but also how to properly and safely conduct such a drill. This second part seems to be a salient issue.