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The first two installments of our four-part article on school/church defense focused on the importance of integrating on-site armed guards and auxiliary security/support personnel with local law enforcement and offered seven suggestions for employing armed guards for school defense. This article deals with the incorporation of “auxiliary security assets” into the overall security plan. While this article references “school security,” the same principles can be applied to church security and other community facilities.
The last article on school and church defense focused on the importance of integrating three elements into a cohesive plan of action: On-site armed guards, auxiliary security/support personnel and local law enforcement. In this second part of the 4-part article, we will focus on seven suggestions for employing armed guards for school defense and how to integrate those guards into a larger plan/drill for responding to a deadly attack.
The Special Tactics staff offers our prayers for the victims of the tragic school massacre in Uvalde, Texas and for the families who lost loved ones. Unfortunately, it seems clear that we have not seen the end of this rising trend of violent attacks. We want to do everything we can to help prevent future killings or at the very least reduce their number. Several years ago we published a 4-part article series (on our old website) covering Tactical School/Church Security and Active Shooter Response. We are re-publishing that article series here starting with the first part on an “Integrated Approach” to security.
Our latest book focuses on room clearing tactics (RCT) as they apply to VIP protection work. The book is the first volume in Special Tactics’ new advanced series. The term “advanced” does not necessarily mean that the techniques themselves are more advanced. The book still focuses on basics and fundamentals but instead of covering individual techniques, it focuses on providing more real-world, scenario-based examples of how to combine various techniques to solve tactical problems.
Our latest book goes into detail on a wide range of topics relating to home defense and security while providing examples of effective tactics and techniques that can help you protect yourself and your family. This article takes a few passages and diagrams from the sections on alert plans, neighborhood security and response. The full book goes into more detail on this topic also and covers personal response and law-enforcement response to a home invasion.
Our latest book goes into detail on a wide range of topics relating to home defense and security while providing examples of effective tactics and techniques that can help you protect yourself and your family. This article takes a few sections and diagrams from the chapter on armed defensive techniques. The full book goes into more detail on this topic and covers many other topics including community defense planning, threat assessment, improvised weapons and security systems.
This article is adapted from our new Escort Detail Venue VIP Protection book and offers a few examples of techniques for physically controlling and evacuating the VIP in an emergency situation. When an attack takes place you will generally not continue moving in your standard walking formation. Rather you will either form a close or contact protective ring and grab hold of the VIP to physically control the VIP’s movement. Depending on the location of greatest threat, there are techniques for either pushing the VIP in front of you or pulling the VIP to safety.
This article is adapted from our new Escort Detail Venue VIP Protection book. The article offers one technique for how a four-person detail might handle an unruly or violent crowd and evacuate the VIP to safety. When protecting the VIP from a large crowd, the detail must carefully monitor the mood of the crowd to anticipate problems or incidents before they occur. Crowds tend towards extreme behavior, whether positive or negative. If the crowd grows unruly for whatever reason, the detail might have a short time window to respond and get the VIP to safety.
Since launching our new in-person training initiative we have received some requests to cover single-person (singleton) and two-person close quarters battle (CQB) techniques in a home invasion scenario. The article below is a partial extract from our Single-Person CQB course which is now live on the Tactics Society online academy. We recommend our single-person and two-person CQB courses for any gun owners who want to better protect their homes.
Special Tactics holds the opinion that overall, American citizens and communities are not doing enough to prepare for deadly terrorist attacks. We have fire drills, but why is there so little formal education and training for how to deal with a deadly terrorist attack? Potential terrorist targets such as schools, airports, offices and places of worship are often poorly prepared to deal with a deadly attack perpetrated by terrorists or violent criminals. To help counter this threat, Special Tactics is releasing its first “Mini Course,” a 20-slide presentation entitled Surviving a Deadly Attack in an Enclosed Environment.
