Event: Deterring an Active Threat

Deterring an Active Threat Training is a 3-hour comprehensive, scenario-based program developed for churches, businesses, schools, and private-sector organizations seeking to increase preparedness against protesters, unruly crowds, violent encounters, and criticle incidents. This course creates a safer environment 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. Classroom Instruction (1 Hour) Your team starts with focused instructor-led coaching covering: Current nationwide protester trends, and on-going threat trends Lessons learned from recent protester incidents, active threats, and attacks Behavioral indicators and pre-attack warning signs of offenders Roles, responsibilities, and communication during emergencies Liability mitigation 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 Disruption strategies when escape and hiding are no longer options This hour is dynamic, confidence-building, and essential for effective response. 3. Realistic Role-Play Scenarios (1 Hour) Your final hour puts everything together in scenario-based training using your actual building layout. 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. Mantis brand laser training pistols (TitanX) are used with We the People Holsters in this event, should your team have a civilian armed response.