A School-Focused Study of the Active Shooter Problem & How to Minimize Victims

Schools in America have been failing at planning for and responding to the Active Shooter threat for over 40 years.  This failure is a result of relying on our country’s failed default response plan and adopting “best practices” that are not best.  All school response plans should be measured by two metrics: what ends the attack (1) the quickest and (2) with the fewest victims.  Presentation topics covered include: the attack & attacker; past failures and lessons-learned; what is most likely to happen in a school Active Shooter attack; how attacks differ between elementary, middle, and high schools; the importance of TIME & MATH; recommendations on policies, training, and structure changes; and the only response plan that gives an expectation of a single-digit victim count. 

About the Speaker: Ed Monk is a police officer, firearms trainer, author, former schoolteacher, and retired Army officer.  He has researched and provided training on the Active Shooter threat since 2007. He has trained law enforcement agencies, schools, churches, businesses and armed citizens nationwide.  He has been an invited speaker at many international, national, and state conferences across the country.  In 2007, Ed retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander after 24 years of active-duty in the US, Europe, and Iraq. He then taught high school and served as a deputy sheriff in Kentucky. He now serves as a part-time police officer in Arkansas.  Ed has a BS in US History from West Point, an MS in Adult Education from Kansas State University, and he is a graduate of the US Army’s Command & General Staff College.  He is author of the book, First 30 Seconds.