a multi –agency approach to critical 360 Bill Alward, Muhlenberg County PVA

When was the First United States School Shooting? (A)July 26 th, 1764 (B)July 26 th, 1864 (C)July 26 th, 1964

Answer (A) July 26, Men entered School House In Greencastle, Pennsylvania Shot and Killed Schoolmaster Enoch Brown and Killed Nine Children Only Three Children Survived!

Has Your School Ever Had A School Shooting? Is There A Plan In Place To Eliminate The Shooter And Save Lives? You Can Help!

Remember Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012? 20 Year Old Adam Lanza Shot and Killed 20 Children One Child Had 16 Bullets In Him! Shot and Killed 6 Adult Staff Members Shot and Killed His Mother What Stopped Him? Police Got Close! Committed Suicide.

Remember These ? Albany High School, Albany NY, Arapahoe H.S. Centennial Co., Beacon Middle, Roswell N.M., Liberty Tech Magnet, Jackson Tn., Aurora H.S., Oak Creek H.S., Hawaii H.S., Purdue University, Ohio University.

Why Should A PVA Get Involved? Children, Grandchildren, Relatives, Friends, Being A Leader, or You Just Care! How Many School Shootings Have Happened In First 8 Months of 2014? Answer: 23

How We Got Started. (1) Pictometry Representative Demonstrated “Critical 360” To PVA and I Called Judge Ex. (2) Judge Ex. Watched Demo and Called School Superintendent For An Appointment.

We Went To School Board (3) We Made Presentation To Superintendent The Next Day And Got His Endorsement. (4) Two Business Days Later I Made Presentation To School Board Meeting. (5) Before Board Meeting I Had Explained To Newspaper What I Would Be Demonstrating. School Board Approved! (6) Great Public Relations For Everyone!

Now The Work Begins! We Began By Talking To Agencies That We Thought Would Want To Participate. The More We Talked To Different Agencies, The More Agencies We Found That Wanted To Participate! We Grew From PVA Office to School Police, to 911 Office, The Sheriff’s Office To “The School Shooting Incident Group”.

Training Begins! Training Began With School Personal Using A 360 Degree Fisheye Lens Camera In “Each” Room in All School Buildings. Rooms Must Be Vacant! “Each” Includes Class Room, Gym, Janitors Closet, Offices, and Hallways! The Camera Is Easy To Use! Documentation System Is Simple!

Critical 360 Images Now Had To Be Attached To All Building And Floor Plans. Critical 360 Images Of Each Room In A School Gives The Officers A Better Knowledge Of The Surroundings They Will Be Dealing With! Why Is This So Important! It Took 23 Minutes Before The Police Entered Columbine High School! They Didn’t Know Enough About The Inside Of The Building To Go Rushing In!

What Does A Critical 360 Image Do?

Each School Building Location Is Different Seconds Mean Lives, Kids Are Being Shot! Staging For First Responders, Casualty and Triage Locations, Landing Zones For Medical Helicopters, Roads To Be Shut Down For Perimeter Security Etc.

Digital Floor Plans With Teacher And Student Data Attached Digital Floor Plans Must Be Laid Over Each Building. Fisheye Lens Camera Must Be Used In Each Room. Each Dot On Floor Plan Represents A Camera! 13 Different School Location!

“Active School Shooting Incident Team” Pictometry, PVA, School and City Police, Sheriff, State Police, 911 Become Partners. 28 Different Agencies Join in Planning. 1 st Goal Was To Stop Threat Of Active Shooter. 2 nd Goal, If It Happened, How To Stop Shooter ASAP. 3 rd Goal Is To Evacuate Students From Danger. 4 th Goal Is To Return Students and Faculty to Normal. Public Relations: Make Public Aware. Inform Students And Family. Cut Minutes Off Active Shooter’s Life To Save Lives. During Assault How Will School Staff and Children React.

Plan Of Action! First Responders Must Have Attack Plan In Place And Practice Plan. School Administration Should Use “Card System” For Silent Communication. Staff Must Be Trained To Use “Card System” Before IT Happens! No Shortcuts In Planning!

Seeing Room to Room

Pre-Planning is everything! Pictometry And Critical 360 Gave Us A Platform To Work Together For Our Children! Police, Fire, Emergency Management SCHOOLS State, Local, And Federal Government CRITICAL 360 The Active Shooter Response Committee Has Also Changed Our County’s Attitude! Multiple Agencies Sharing Ideas While Working Together. Saving Time, Money, And Maybe Even Lives………………

Was This Worth It! With The Active Shooter Response Plan And The Use Of Pictometry‘s Critical 360 Camera, Muhlenberg County Obtained Over $50,000 in Funding Grants. Providing equipment and training for 6 police officers as Active Shooter Instructors to train over 75 officers. We Believe Our Children Are Worth Every Penny Of It!

Pictometry and Critical 360 In Our School System Has Been A Huge Success! We Are Now Using This In All County Government Buildings! We Now Offer Critical 360 For Industrial Recruitment Also!