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Indicators and Warnings

Lead Instructor:  Alon Stivi
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Acts of violence and Active Shooter attacks are not random or unpredictable. They are often the outcome of a long process and provide warning signs that are often ignored or misunderstood.

In order to prevent attacks, we must recognize risk factors, violence tendencies and behavioral indicators. Understanding attack pre-cursors provide early warning and can allow institutions to help troubled individuals and prevent attacks. Recognizing improvised, concealed and disguised weapons and knowing how to communicate security concerns is essential.

In order to prevent attacks, we must remain vigilant and correlate Essential Elements of Information (EEI). The objectives are to identify Persons of Interest (POI) that exhibit suspicious behavior and/or recognize Out Of Ordinary Occurrences (O4) that may signs of an imminent attack. Once a potential threat has been identified, we must alert others and inform the authorities in a timely manner. Doing so effectively will assist Law Enforcement with investigation and to determine the credibility of the threat.

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Lesson Specs

Lesson Goals

  1. Understand the Course topic
  2. Refine your ability to execute the techniques presented in the Course
  3. Become familiar with drills that can be used to develop your skills
  4. Achieve significant proficiency in the material

Instructions

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  3. Bookmark key points in the Lesson
  4. Ask questions on the Forum
  5. Use Lesson resources to supplement your knowledge

Lesson Chapters

  1. Introduction
  2. Internal & External Threat Indicators
  3. Active Shooter Tactics and Techniques
  4. Common Trends of School Shooters
  5. Process of Escalation
  6. Threat Perception Validation
  7. Warning Signs of Danger
  8. Terrorists Tactics and Techniques
  9. Information Sharing & Privacy

Lead Instructor

Alon Stivi

Alon Stivi is the CEO of Direct Measures International (DMI), a provider of in security consultancy, tactical training and protective services to the private and public sectors. He is a recognized authority on security, dignitary protection, travel safety, counterterrorism, mass violence prevention and survival.

He is the founder of ACT Cert® (Attack Countermeasures Training Certification) online learning university and the developer of the Mass Violence Prevention & Active Shooter Survival course, the only training program of its kind certified and funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Alon has emigrated to the U.S. from Israel after serving in an elite unit of the IDF. He is a combat veteran of the 1982 Lebanon War and has trained troops for combat in the areas of small unit tactics, airborne operations, close combat and emergency medicine.

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