Deterring an Active Threat

Train where the real threats happen - YOUR building

Deterring an Active Threat Training is a comprehensive, scenario-based program developed for churches, businesses, schools, and private-sector organizations seeking to increase preparedness against protesters, conflicts, and violent encounters. This training strengthens team coordination and creates safer environments for staff, customers, and visitors.

We take a realistic, hands-on approach by bringing our instructors directly into your facility and—when appropriate and approved (not required)—utilizing blank gunfire to create the sensory stress of real-world conditions. This allows your team to experience how sound behaves in your hallways, rooms, offices, and sanctuary spaces, giving you unmatched insight into your building's security strengths and weaknesses.

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3-Hour Class

Classroom Instruction (1 Hour)

Your team starts with a focused, instructor-led coaching covering:

Current nationwide data on protesters, conflicts, and violent threat trends
Lessons learned from recent incidents
Behavioral indicators and pre-attack warning signs
Roles, responsibilities, and communication during emergencies

This session builds the foundation for what your organization needs to know before developing or updating response plans.

2. Skills Development (1 Hour)

Participants learn and practice the core components of the Run, Hide/Barricade, Fight model.
We teach effective, practical techniques your team can use immediately, including:

Prioritizing rapid evacuation
Improvised barricading methods
Coordinated team movement
Less-lethal pepper gel considerations for protestors or unruly crowds
Disruption strategies when escape and hiding are no longer options

This hour is dynamic, confidence-building, and essential for effective response. Mantis laser training pistols (Titan X) and holsters are provided should your team have armed individuals.

3. Realistic Role-Play Scenarios (1 Hour)

Your final hour puts everything together in scenario-based training using your actual building layout.

Mantis TitanX G45 laser pistols will be supplied to all students along with holsters for the scenarios (where armed response is permitted, again, not required).
Our instructors run controlled, stress-inoculated role-play exercises—some with blank gunfire (optional)—to test:

How your team applies the Run/Hide/Barricade/Fight principles
Movement and communication under pressure
Response gaps based on real building features
Decision-making as a unified team

This is where your team sees the true vulnerabilities in your facility and learns how to fix them. The insights gained here are often the most valuable part of the entire training. Again, Mantis laser training pistols (Titan X) and holsters are utilized in this hour to simulate an armed response.