Preventing Mass Casualties

Campus law enforcement agencies are tasked with ensuring the safety and security of the many students and staff in their learning community. Identifying threatening behavior and providing effective intervention is essential for a safe learning environment. The following links provide information on how to identify a person in crisis, the violence continuum, reporting mechanisms for intervention, phases of mass casualty shooters, and what to do in the event of an active shooter incident.

Training: Presentations: Pamphlets/Documents:
Preventing Mass Casualty Shootings in a Campus Setting  Learn how you might help prevent tragedy and what to do in the event of a shooting (follow the link to Safety and Security)

PMCSCS Training Remember Out

 Preventing Mass Casualty Shootings in a Campus Setting* (presentation associated with the training)*

Survival Strategies in the Event of an Active Shooter (also available here in Adobe Acrobat® .pdf format and here in MS PowerPoint® format)

Someone's Shooting, What Should I Do?*

 

 The Virginia Tech Incident - Summary of the President's Commission on University Security Final Report*

University of Wisconsin System
President's Commission on University Security
(in the wake of the Virginia Tech incident)
Final Report July 2007*

Dealing with Troubled People*

Being Safe in your Classroom or Office*

Weblinks:

Campus Safety Report & Information

 

*requires Adobe Acrobat® and may open in a new window*