Staffing challenges, high demand for classes have delayed delivery of the 'gold standard' active shooter training for all Texas school resource officers.
Something bad starts to happen and people go into denial. They deny what's happening and that causes them to delay responding.“That's our number one priority, and beyond that, like I said, we've been doing our own in-house training. We're prepared,” Vickers said.
Regarded by many in law enforcement as the nation's best active shooter program, ALERRT was developed at Texas State University in San Marcos. In the DFW area, two of the biggest departments that protect local schools -- the Fort Worth Police Department and Dallas ISD Police -- tellAnd, Denton ISD also says all officers from seven departments that cover their schools have ALERRT certification.show other school districts including Crowley, Duncanville, Forney and Wiley still have some officers waiting for ALERRT training.
“We call it the blue tsunami, which is all the police officers rushing to the scene. If those officers aren't controlled in some way, they actually become a hindrance to getting things done because there's not a clear chain of command,” said Blair. No matter how much police are prepared, security experts tell us kids and teachers must also prepare themselves.
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