A brief checklist for the key elements of a behavioral intervention team.

The National Threat Assessment
Center's guide for law enforcement forming behavioral intervention teams to prevent violence.

This policy, provided by the California Department of Education, should be adapted for your CSSP.

This paper outlines some advice useful for school emergency preparedness staff to review prior to any critical incident, including identifying vendors, creating purchasing agreements, and ensuring medical and emergency response kits are well stocked,

This document summarizes concepts related to the FBI's Run, Hide, Fight program, as described in our Mindset active assailant program. Community members need to understand that run, hide, fight is not a progressive process and have a clear idea of how to interact with law enforcement.

Center for Safe Schools (CSS) guide to exterior and interior signage.

Student reunification is a critical element of any comprehensive school site safety plan. This summary document outlines central tenets of a quality reunification plan that all staff should be trained on.

This paper summarizes the importance of key physical security measures, including schematics of the building, using clear communication practices, locking doors, and teaching the survival arc for critical incident response.

This paper identifies several important concepts used to identify and prevent active assailant (shooter) attacks. From addressing threats to understanding mental health concerns, we outline the importance of a collaborative team approach to training and preparedness.

This tool is designed to assist schools in developing and updating Comprehensive School Safety Plans (CSSPs).

A clear understanding of emergency language during an active assailant (shooter) event is critical to survival. Knowing the difference between rally, refuge and reunification points and understanding the fatal funnel and safer corners are essential training elements for any staff.

Situational awareness is the concept of paying attention to your environment at varied levels of intensity based on the current level of risk. This document offers some important concepts related to situational awareness as it applies to an active assailant response.

This paper explores the literature available on crisis de-­escalation methods in K-12 and higher education.

Our partners at CTC have developed a useful guide on two-way radio communication. It offers information about these devices, guidance on how they should be used, and language that is commonly agreed upon.