[blindlaw] active shooter trainings?

[Susan Kelly]

Thanks - that has always been my thought and plan.  Being small, I figure that I can hide in an evidence cabinet in the courtroom if nothing else exists.  Allegedly, there is a space for wheelchair bound persons in the judicial chambers area at court, but...this is on the second floor, and is in a mag-card protected restricted area.  It is thus difficult to figure how that will work in such a situation, particularly given that we have only two, very small elevators.

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From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronza Othman via blindlaw
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My Agency has a function in the Security Office specifically geared towards working with employees with disabilities.  So when we get the Active Shooter Training, evacuation training, shelter in place training, biohazard training, all of it, they do think about and talk about how individuals with disabilities can respond.  For active shooter, the rule is run, hide, fight.
Their suggestions for run were to get out of there is quickly as possible (wheelchair, scooter, whatever), if safe and if you aren't going to be seen.
They suggest we assess our flight capacity when deciding whether to run or hide.  When hiding, they talk about how the goal is to find a sturdy location with as much protection (3-4 walls - as possible.  They suggest you scope this out ahead of time and find yourself a couple of options for "safe rooms" like storage rooms.  They talk about how bathrooms aren't always the best place to hide because the doors don't lock.  They talk about how folks in wheelchairs, to the extent possible, should either find places to hide where their chairs are hidden too, or if they can, find ways to maneuver out of their chairs to secure a smaller hiding place.  And with regard to fight, they say to use whatever you have access to - hands, equipment, whatever, to fight.  

Hope this helps.




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From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Keri via blindlaw
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That seems to be the most common.

On 12/9/2015 1:46 PM, Susan Kelly via blindlaw wrote:
> So far, the only "adaptation" we have received is that a co-worker 
> look
out for us.  Not exactly an empowering solution.
>
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> Gerard Sadlier via blindlaw
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> Cc: Gerard Sadlier <gerard.sadlier at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] active shooter trainings?
>
> Hi,
>
> This is interesting if a little surprising - I'd be interested in 
> reading
re: adaptations etc. suggested.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ger
>
> On 12/9/15, Keri via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I think it is up to the trainers to do research and offer suggestions.
>> At my university the campus police officer(who is a real policeman) 
>> offered me personal suggestions on adapting, but I don't think there 
>> is official methods. My school is willing to teach for different 
>> situations however to students, staff, and faculty.
>>
>>
>> On 12/9/2015 10:24 AM, Susan Kelly via blindlaw wrote:
>>> Apologies in advance that this is only tangentially a legal question 
>>> (being somewhat civil rights involved), but given that many of us 
>>> are governmental employees, or at least in larger groups, I am 
>>> hoping there is an answer among us.
>>>
>>> Our county has done active shooter trainings for the last couple of
years.
>>>   Unfortunately, they have absolutely zero training or suggestions 
>>> for those of us who are blind or wheelchair-bound.  Has anyone 
>>> participated in a training that accounts for these differences?
>>> Does any such training even exist?
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