The Active Shooter Response Training Manual
By Scott M. Hyderkhan
To Be Published July 25th 2013 by CRC Press – 265 pages
Description
The modern Active Shooter Response (ASR) has continually evolved since its inception approximately a decade ago. This change is necessary to continue improvement on the ASR mission. The Active Shooter Response Training Manual provides police personnel with the skills necessary to respond successfully to any active shooter situation. Using established doctrine developed by the U.S. Army, this program is designed to help create, plan, and execute ASR training at the departmental level. The methods and protocols presented are applicable across all federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
The book begins by describing the ASR operation in the format of an operations order. It categorizes threat levels, provides guidelines for action, describes the mission statement and execution of it, and addresses assets and equipment as well as issues related to command and signal.
Next, the book explores:
- Training principles and their utilization for developing a sound ASR training cycle
- Movement formations for teams and squads, and the four phases of maneuver: find, fix, finish, and follow-through
- Close Quarter Battle (CQB), and the principles of surprise, speed, and violence of action
- Skills that are necessary to become proficient in creating a list of mission tasks critical to the success of the unit
- Command and control issues and techniques for alleviating them
- Performance evaluations for each phase of the ASR mission
- Guidelines on selecting special equipment for the ASR mission
A supplemental training video and PowerPoint® presentation enhance the text, providing a multitiered learning experience for police agencies of any size and enabling them to adopt the principles and techniques to their own needs.
An article on modern policing by Scott Hyderkhan appeared in Law Officer on April 8, 2013.Reviews
" … clear, concise and easily understandable and virtually implementable with any size team of operators or road dogs. … builds on training, unity, tasks, skill levels … making sure your techniques fall within the parameters of good reliable doctrine. … perfect for all types of learners."
—National Tactical Officer Association Conference Active Shooter Instructor certification course attendee, Mesquite, Nevada."
Contents
The Active Shooter Response Mission and Operation
Situation
Mission
Execution: Concept of the Operation
Service and Support
Command and Signal
Linkup Annex
Principles of Training and Developing an Active Shooter Response (ASR) Training Plan
10 Principles of Training
Administrators Are Responsible for Training
First-Line Leaders Are Overall Responsible for the Technical and Tactical
Proficiency of Their Team or Shift
Train as a Regional Force
Train for Proficiency
Train to Standard Using Appropriate Doctrine
Train to Adapt
Train to Maintain and Sustain
Train Using Multi-echelon Techniques
Train to Sustain Proficiency
Train to Develop Leaders
Developing an Active Shooter Response (ASR) Annual Training Cycle
One-Year ASR Training Cycle
Movement and Maneuver
Fundamentals to Move and Engage as a Team and Squad
Shoot
Move
Communicate
Movement Formations
Contact Team Formations for Movement and Halts
Squad Formations
Movement Techniques
Traveling Technique
Traveling Overwatch
Bounding Overwatch
Methods of Maneuvering Elements
Maneuver
Four Critical Functions
Close Quarter Battle (CQB)
Principles of Close Quarter Battle (CQB)
Fundamentals of CQB
Individual Tasks
Individual Task: Don and Clear Protective Mask
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Individual Task: Hand and Arm Signals
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Individual Task: Situation Report; Ammo, Casualty, Equipment (ACE) Report
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Individual Task: Individual Movement under Direct Fire
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Individual Task: Execute a Mechanical Breach
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Individual Task: Assess a Casualty
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Individual Task: Apply a Dressing to an Open Abdominal Wound
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Individual Task: Apply a Dressing to an Open Chest Wound
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Individual Task: Hemorrhage Control
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Individual Task: Treat for Shock
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Collective Tasks
Collective Task: Assemble a Contact Team or Squad
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Collective Task: Contact Team and Squad Formations
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Collective Task: Contact Team and Squad Movement Techniques
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Collective Task: Breach Obstacles
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Collective Task: Contact Team and Squad Interior Movement Techniques
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Collective Task: Dynamic Room Entries, Room Clearing
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Collective Task: Handling of Threat and Victims
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Collective Task: Consolidate and Reorganize
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Collective Task: Casualty Evacuation Team
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Collective Task: Identifying, Marking, and Reporting Suspected Improvised Explosive Devices
Conditions
Standards
Subtasks
Command Post Command and Control Considerations
Considerations in Establishing a Command Post
Assembling Assets
Organizing Teams
Communication Considerations
Perimeter Control Considerations
Task Performance Evaluations
Training and Evaluation Outline: Mission Active Shooter
Task Performance Evaluation: Assess, Assemble, and Execute a Mechanical Breach
Task Performance Evaluation: Move in Hallways as a Team
Task Performance Evaluation: Clear Stairwells
Task Performance Evaluation: Enter and Clear a Room
Task Performance Evaluation: Conduct Movement to Contact
Active Shooter Response Special Equipment
Acronyms
Terminology
References
Index
Author Bio
Scott M. Hyderkhan is a retired master sergeant of the U.S. Army and currently a law enforcement officer for the City of Mercer Island, Washington. He recently formed Kinetic Tactical Training Solutions LLC, a Seattle, Washington company that utilizes his unique and extensive experience in leadership, counseling/leader development, and small-unit tactics to provide consultation and training to law enforcement agencies.
Name: The Active Shooter Response Training Manual (Paperback) – CRC Press
Description: By Scott M. Hyderkhan. The modern Active Shooter Response (ASR) has continually evolved since its inception approximately a decade ago. This change is necessary to continue improvement on the ASR mission. The Active Shooter Response Training Manual provides police personnel...
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