Active Shooter – Prevention and Response

Safety Center and Alvarez Associates have partnered to offer workplace violence prevention, management, and response/recovery training programs.

About Alvarez Associates:  Alvarez Associates is committed to providing you the tools, resources and knowledge to better understand and protect yourself, your organization and our communities from the threat of violence. Our programs are designed and specifically geared towards civilians and other “immediate responders.”  It is important to recognize that police officers cannot be everywhere at once.  In fact, national statistics indicate an average response time of 12-15 minutes, where as most incidents of extreme violence are over in five minutes.  We want you to know how to protect yourself. Our instructors have decades of real world law enforcement, security and personal protection experience.

Overview:

This course is specifically designed for the average person who wants to better understand how to protect themselves from violence. The program is broken down into three parts. First, we teach you to understand what motivates the “Active Shooter,” so you can avoid violence all together. Second, we give you tips and strategies to help keep you and your organization from being targeted. Lastly, we introduce you to the M.O.V.E.™ protocol. This powerfully simple strategy can help you survive all types of active violence by giving you the knowledge and confidence to overcome violent situations.

Personal Safety
o Building a “Survivors Mindset”
o Utilizing intuition to avoid violence
o Managing fear and anxiety
Workplace Security
o Policy considerations
o Strategies for keeping the workplace secure
o Recognizing the warning signs
Strategies for Preventing an Active Shooter
o Recognizing and responding to warning signs
o Understanding the myths and realities
o The dynamics of targeted violence
Responding to an Active Shooter
o M.O.V.E – Options based response
o First aid considerations
o What to expect from law enforcement

• NC = Northern California Campus located at 3909 Bradshaw Road, Sacramento, CA 95827
• SC = Southern California Campus located at 109 S. Spring Street, Claremont, CA 91711