Call 9-1-1 if You Can; Text If You Can’t

• Have an escape route and plan in mind
• Leave your belongings behind
• Keep your hands visible

• Hide in an area out of the active shooter’s view
• Block entry to your hiding place and lock the doors.

• As a last resort and only when your life is in imminent danger
• Attempt to incapacitate the active shooter
• Act with physical aggression and throw items at the active shooter

How to Respond When Law Enforcement Arrives on the Scene

• Remain calm and follow the officer’s instructions
• Immediately raise your hands and spread your fingers

• Keep hands visible at all times
• Avoid pointing, screaming, and/or yelling

• Avoid making quick movements toward officers, such as attempting to hold onto them for safety
• Do not stop to ask officers for help or direction when evacuating just proceed in the direction from which officers are entering the premises

Information to Provide Law Enforcement or 9-1-1

• Location of the victim(s) and the active shooter(s)
• Number of shooters, if more than one

• Physical descriptions of the shooter(s)
• Number and type of weapons held by the shooter(s

• Number of potential victims at the location

Recognizing Signs of Potential Workplace Violence

An active shooter may be a current or former employee. Alert security department if you believe an employee exhibits potentially-violent behavior. Indicators of potentially-violent behavior may include one or more of the following:

• Increased use of alcohol and/or illegal drugs
• Unexplained increase in absenteeism and/or vague physical complaints

• Depression/ Withdrawal
• Increased severe mood swings and noticeably unstable or emotional responses

• Increasing talks of problems at home
• Increase in unsolicited comments about violence, firearms, and other dangerous weapons and violent crimes

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(956) 295 – 3700

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