Warren County Safe Schools Team

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Warren County Safe Schools Team

Law Enforcement

Response to Active Shooting

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House Bill 422

Requires your plan to be updated every three years.

Shall provide copies to local fire and law enforcement, as well as the Attorney General.

In addition to your mandatory rapid dismissal drills you must also complete a School Safety Drill (one before April 1, 2007 and then prior to December 1 each year thereafter).

Notification of this drill must be submitted in writing to local law enforcement seventy-two hours prior.

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Why are we here?

The purpose of this presentation is to acquaint you with law enforcement management of an active violent event from the initial dispatch to neutralization of the threat.

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2006 PRIDE Survey Results

Q: While at school have you ever been threatened with a gun, knife, or club by a student?

A: 10.6% of students Grades 7-12 reported they had! (5166 valid surveyed)

Q: While at school have you ever carried a gun?

A: 2.4% of students Grades 7-12 reported they had!(5182 valid surveyed)

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April 20, 1999-Columbine High School

13 killed, 21 wounded

March 5, 2001-Santana High School2 killed, 13 wounded

September 1, 2004-Beslan School Siege

344 killed (186 children), hundreds wounded

March 21, 2005-Red Lake High School

10 killed, 7 wounded

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September 12, 2006-Montreal College1 killed, 19 Wounded when gunman opens fire in cafeteria

September 15, 2006-Green Bay, WisconsinPlan to kill stopped by police

September 27, 2006-Bailey, Colorado1 killed, after hostages are sexually assaulted

September 29, 2006-Cazenovia, WisconsinPrincipal murdered by student at school

October 2, 2006-Paradise, Pennsylvania5 killed, 5 wounded after lone gunman storms Amish School House.

January 8, 2007-Cincinnati, Ohio9th grader pulls two guns and shoots at Assistant Principal

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So what can law enforcement do about it?

Law enforcement can quickly form a group of trained officers, maintain 360 degrees of coverage, step past dead and wounded, step past bombs or re-route your group, and save as many lives as possible by moving towards the shooter(s) with a show of force in an attempt to neutralize the threat. That is what they can do!

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Seven Critical Tasks

1. Assess the Situation

2. Danger Zone

3. Establish Inner Perimeter

4. Establish Outer Perimeter

5. Establish Incident Command Post

6. Establish a Staging Area

7. Request Additional Resources

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Roles and ResponsibilitiesPoint Person:

Leads the team-usually armed with a shotgun or tactical rifle.

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Roles and ResponsibilitiesUtility Left and Right:

Assist with doors, searching, apprehension-usually armed

with handguns. Utility right is in charge of communications.

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Roles and ResponsibilitiesRear Guard:

Maintains rear security. If the formation reverses,

the Rear Guard becomes Point-Usually armed with a shotgun

or tactical rifle.

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Roles and Responsibilities

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Let’s think like a bad guy:

1. Acting as a terrorist, I would specifically pick the Warren County Career Center as my primary target. This target has open entrances/exit points and the general overview of the land allows me to channel how first responders are going to approach.


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2. I would specifically use small arms and homemade explosives and a force of five to six willing participants during the Winter months, perhaps near the holidays. I would initially engage the school during recess with small arms fire, gather as many students and staff as possible and hold them in an isolated portion of the school and begin setting explosives at pre-determined points to cause as much damage and death as possible.


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3. Escape is not an option. I would detonate explosives the easiest way possible, but would wait until the media has arrived.

Sustained fear and disruption is my goal.


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4. As a law enforcement officer in our county, I would use tools and training at my disposal. I would stereotype, read bulletins, complete interrogation cards, and trust my instinct.

Prevention can only happen if you are proactive!


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5. With efforts failing at preventing the attack, I must respond as I have been trained and how I train my personnel.

If the attack is in the early stages, (first ten minutes) I will gather my fellow law enforcement and lead them in an immediate counterattack. This type of response is necessary to attempt to catch the terrorist off guard, to show an immediate threat response, and to destroy as many of them as possible from a strategically poor position.


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If the attack has already passed the initial threat, I would begin closing the area by using an established procedure and response plan, calling for additional resources, and by gathering as much information as possible.

This information would funnel to a centralized location for processing and would be used to establish my next option that could include:


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A. Wait and attempt to A. Wait and attempt to establish communication establish communication

oror

B. Attack.B. Attack.


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Expectations of you

Mindset-realize how important your role is.

React-training for the event is not only necessary, but required by the law.

Be flexible-a piece of paper will not save lives, action will.

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Summary

Statistically, there are only ten minutes in which to act.

True first responders can dictate how this incident is handled.

Step past wounded or frantic individuals. Be prepared to reverse direction or find

alternate routes (bombs or booby traps). Be prepared for slow search mode if contact

with the shooter(s) is lost.

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Juvenile Probation

Probation Officer

Sarah Pubentz

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Juvenile Probation

The powers of the probation department are defined in Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2951. Probation is one of the dispositional options available to the Juvenile Court, which is also commonly referred to as community control. Typically any juvenile found delinquent of a criminal offense is ordered onto some type of probation supervision.

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Juvenile Probation

In addition to providing probation supervision, the probation department provides a number of other services, which include but are not limited to the following:

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Juvenile Probation

Drug and Alcohol groupsAnger Management groupDrug ScreeningNight surveillance and home visitsRefer to outside agencies such as MRDD,

WCMHRS, WCCSB, etc. Monitor interim orders on cases that are

pending.DoA, Mental Health, Risk Assessments and

PSI’s.

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Juvenile Probation

Complete home studies for interstate transfers and provide courtesy supervision for other Ohio counties

Supervise adults ordered onto probation through this Court’s jurisdiction

Provide transportation to necessary appointments while youth are incarcerated

Search for alternative placements when deemed necessary

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Children Services

Executive Director Patti Jacobs

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Children Services

Warren County Children Service Board

Mission Statement

To secure the rights of children to grow and develop with their own families in a safe, nurturing, and stable environment.

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Mandatory Reporting

Warren County Assistant Prosecutor Mary K. Martin

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O.R.C. §2151.421

• Duty to Report Child Abuse or Neglect

• (A)(1) No person described in division (A)(1)( b) of this section who is acting in an official or professional capacity and knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect based on facts that would cause a reasonable person in a similar position to suspect, that a child under eighteen years of age or a mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or physically impaired child under twenty-one years of age has suffered or faces a threat of suffering any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the child shall fail to immediately report that knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect to the entity or persons specified in this division…the person making the report shall make it to the public children services agency or a municipal or county peace officer in the county in which the child resides or in which the abuse or neglect is occurring or has occurred.

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Who must report

• O.R.C. §2151.421(b)– School teacher– School employee– School authority– School psychologists– Superintendent– Board Member– Social Workers

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What should you report

• Any child under 18 years of age or• Any physically or mentally handicapped child

under 21• Who you have reason to believe has suffered

any wound, injury, disability or condition of such a nature as to indicate abuse or neglect.

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What that means

• Need only to suspect or have reason to believe that abuse or neglect is occurring.

• Physical proof or other forms of validation is not required.

• It is the responsibility of CSB to determine if abuse or neglect is in fact occurring.

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Example cases

• Bone fractures• Burns• Sexual abuse• Malnutrition• Lack of supervision• Unusual or pattern bruises

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Example Cases

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Example Cases

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Ways to Make the Report:

• You can report either by telephone or in person. This might have to be followed by a written report if requested.

• Report to CSB.• Also you can report to the local police

agency.• Notifying your administration is not sufficient.

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What information should you give?

• Name and address of the child you suspect is being abused or neglected.

• Age of the child.• Name and address of the caretaker or parent.• Name of the person you suspect is abusing or

neglecting the child.• Any other information that might be helpful.

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What information should you give?

• You may report anonymously if you choose, but you are encouraged to give your name.

• All information you can give is helpful. Do nor hesitate to report even if you don’t have all the information.

• Any uncertainty regarding whether to report should be resolved in favor of the child’s protection.

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What you can expect

• CSB to do an investigation within 24 hours.• Your identity will not be released or affirmed

to anyone without your written consent, except under direct order of the court.

• You are also protected from civil and criminal liability if you report in good faith.

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If a child comes to you

• Listen to what is being told.• Reassure them that they have done the right

thing by telling you.• Do not conduct an interview.• Contact CSB or the police immediately.

– You do not need to notify the parents before reporting your concerns or before the police or CSB interview the child.

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What can happen if you don’t report

• Violation of section 2151.421 can be a criminal offense. See §2151.99 for level of offense.

• Can be criminally charged with Obstructing Official Business under §2921.31

• Can be criminally charged with Obstructing Justice under §2921.32.

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• Other potential criminal code violations– Permitting Child Abuse §2903.15.– Failure to aid a law enforcement officer

§2921.23.– Compounding a crime §2921.21.– Child Endangering §2919.22.

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• Your teaching license could be suspended, revoked or limited pursuant to O.R.C. §3319.31.– (This might affect grant status under

§3319.55.)• Prosecutor must notify board of a non-

licensed employee’s guilty plea or conviction under §3319.20.

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QUESTIONS?

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