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ACTIVE SHOOTER

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

F.B.I. Operational Assistance. (2021). ACTIVE SHOOTER RESOURCES| FEDERAL

BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

Retrieved 25 June 2021, from https://www.fbi.gov/about/partnerships/office-of-partner-

engagement/active-shooter-resources.

The article ACTIVE SHOOTER RESOURCES| FEDERAL BUREAU OF

INVESTIGATION. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION states the role played by

the F.B.I. to protect the institution, like schools, hospitals, and workplaces besides the place

of worship against the active shooter that may be prone to the active shooter attack. The

information is directed to schools, hospitals, places of worship, and workplaces. The author

elaborates the importance of collaboration with other securities agencies; the F.B.I. provides

the capacity, the training, and resources to ensure the public gets prepared for the active

shooter situation, thus preventing the active shooter situations. The assessment and the

research buy the F.B.I. help identify the indicators and the potential active shooter signal

hence planning for a better approach.

The article help with the knowledge of learning about the places prone to the active shooter

attack and how to manage the attack, and the way to live and further preparations after the

attack. During the active shooter attack, one should run, hide, then fight back to survive the

attack, but one must learn the weakness and the failure to prepare for the future attack of the

same. Through networking seeking support ad collaborating for a secure environment can

help defeat the active shooter attack.

O’Neill, J., Miller, J., & Waters, J. (2016). ACTIVE SHOOTER. Www1.nyc.gov. Retrieved

25 June 2021, from

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https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/counterterrorism/active-shooter-

analysis2016.pdf.

The article ACTIVE SHOOTER analyses the possibilities of the active shooter in the United

States according to the history of the attacks in the united states. The information is directed

to the citizens, especially those using historically prone areas to active shooter attacks like

restaurants. The author demonstrates the analysis moving history of active shooter attacks in

the United States that has led to the identification of the areas prone to the attack and provide

protection and awareness creation o how to encounter the active attackers in case they appear

in the future. Some places that might suffer the active shooter attack include the nightclubs,

the office building, restaurants, and the mall; therefore, the N.Y.P.D. Provides the

information of how to encounter attracts in such place.

The article provides information on the trends of the active shooter ways of operation, the

way of communication, and the equipment they use in their attack operations. Some active

shooters communicate the information via social media before the attack; a few percentage

use body armor, while some carry more than one weapon. The N.Y.P.D. provides the key

information of avoiding, barricading, and confronting for a personal response plan.

Phillips, S. (2020). POLICE RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS: HOW

OFFICERS SEE THEIR ROLE. Police Quarterly, 23(2), 262-279.

https://doi.org/10.1177/1098611119896654

The article “POLICE RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS: HOW OFFICERS

SEE THEIR ROLE” gives the information o the response to the active shooter attack in the

health care facilities since most active shooters have shifted from the workplaces in the recent

past to the healthcare facilities. The information is directed to the people working or

attending the healthcare facilities. The author demonstrates how law enforcers have ensured
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proper preparation and the protection of the places prone to active shooter attacks since the

attack has been common in the united states. over 50% of the shooting occurred in healthcare

facilities in the united states because of political problems, revenge, grudges, and purposes of

ending lives of the ill relatives.

The article helps to understand the relationship between the shooter and the victims, the

places that have recorded high cases of the attacks besides behavioral indicators of the

potential shooters. In most cases, the active shooter uses firearms and explosives. The

hospital in the United stares a record high number of active shooter cases due to large and

complex populations in the hospitals and the complex division of the hospitals.

R.I.L.A. (2008). ACTIVE SHOOTER HOW TO RESPOND. U.S DEPT. OF HOMELAND

SECURITY:.gov. Retrieved 20 June 2021, from

https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/active_shooter_booklet.pdf.

The article ACTIVE SHOOTER HOW TO RESPOND discusses about the meaning of the

active shooter and the occurrence that one can meet the active shooter in operation, more so

to the police officers. The information is directed to the police officers and all the security in

the front line to confront the active shooters. The author further clarifies the good practices to

cope with the active shooter situations and how to respond to the active shooter in the vicinity

and again states the reasonable ways to protect one’s life. In the vicinity of the active shooter,

one should evacuate, hideout, and take action against the shooter.

The article provides useful information to understand how to approach the active shooter

besides preventing and preparing for the active shooter. Preventing and managing the active

shooter requires the collective responsibility of the human resource, facility managers, and all

the staff at the workplace. Therefore, there should be proper preparation for the active shooter

situation and better planning by monitoring the active shooter situation to identify
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REFERENCES

FBI Operational Assistance. (2021). .ACTIVE SHOOTER RESOURCES| FEDERAL

BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

Retrieved 25 June 2021, from https://www.fbi.gov/about/partnerships/office-of-partner-

engagement/active-shooter-resources.

O’Neill, J., Miller, J., & Waters, J. (2016). ACTIVE SHOOTER. Www1.nyc.gov. Retrieved

25 June 2021, from

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/counterterrorism/active-shooter-

analysis2016.pdf.

Phillips, S. (2020).POLICE RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS: HOW

OFFICERS SEE THEIR ROLE. Police Quarterly, 23(2), 262-279.

https://doi.org/10.1177/1098611119896654

R.I.L.A. (2008). ACTIVE SHOOTER HOW TO RESPOND. U.S DEPT. OF HOMELAND

SECURITY:.gov. Retrieved 20 June 2021, from

https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/active_shooter_booklet.pdf.