Faculty, Staff, and Student Perceptions of Active Shooter Training: An Assessment

• In Event: Guns, Fear, and Risk

Abstract

In recent years, the number of active shooting incidents, as well as public concern about these incidents, appears to be increasing. Of particular concern is how schools, businesses, and members of the general public might better respond when faced with an active shooter. Program, such as the A.L.i.C.E. program, have been created to increase the survivability of those involved in these situations. However, little has been done to assess the effects of such efforts. The current study, drawing on a sample of faculty, staff, and students at an university in the midwest, assesses the effects of the A.L.i.C.E. program on participants’ levels of fear and perceived risk of being involved in an active shooting situation. Also examined are the preliminary results concerning the participants’ anticipated behavioral changes as a result of the A.L.i.C.E. program.

Authors

• James W. Carter II, Mount St. Joseph University

• Brooke Gialopsos, Mount St. Joseph University