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Jt1971 · December 16, 2010, 02:33 PM

http://articles.cnn.com/2009-11-29/j...ce?_s=PM:CRIME

I took a moment to study the article about the 4 officers at the coffee shop. It appears that two officers were shot while sitting. They probably had no time to react. A third officer barely had time to stand up. Then the fourth officer was able to react and rush the shooter. I dont believe they had time to do anything let alone rush the suspect as a group.

In this situation, there were a few opportune moments and there was time. This active shooter decided to fire and miss. Other active shooters would not have been so kind.

"Training to be an efficient, tight knit unarmed reaction force that can react in unison to unplanned circumstances to overwhelm an attacker is going to take months or years to accomplish."

Morgan Stanley's Chief of Security Cyril Rescorla made the Morgan Stanley employees go through drills after the truck bombing in 1992. He made sure that every Morgan Stanley employee working in that building had specific training in regards to evacuation. He ran periodic fire drills where Morgan Stanley employees would evacuate the building. Cyril was not concerned when Morgan's employees could do their jobs. If it was not for his efforts, then then some 2700 employees would not be living today. He actually ignored the advice the authorities were given to him and evacuated the building according to his plan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rescorla

Today there are domestic threats and these incidents are popping up. Each company has to have a plan and drill periodically.

December 16, 2010, 02:33 PM	#39
Jt1971 Junior member Join Date: November 27, 2010 Posts: 40	http://articles.cnn.com/2009-11-29/j...ce?_s=PM:CRIME I took a moment to study the article about the 4 officers at the coffee shop. It appears that two officers were shot while sitting. They probably had no time to react. A third officer barely had time to stand up. Then the fourth officer was able to react and rush the shooter. I dont believe they had time to do anything let alone rush the suspect as a group. In this situation, there were a few opportune moments and there was time. This active shooter decided to fire and miss. Other active shooters would not have been so kind. "Training to be an efficient, tight knit unarmed reaction force that can react in unison to unplanned circumstances to overwhelm an attacker is going to take months or years to accomplish." Morgan Stanley's Chief of Security Cyril Rescorla made the Morgan Stanley employees go through drills after the truck bombing in 1992. He made sure that every Morgan Stanley employee working in that building had specific training in regards to evacuation. He ran periodic fire drills where Morgan Stanley employees would evacuate the building. Cyril was not concerned when Morgan's employees could do their jobs. If it was not for his efforts, then then some 2700 employees would not be living today. He actually ignored the advice the authorities were given to him and evacuated the building according to his plan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rescorla Today there are domestic threats and these incidents are popping up. Each company has to have a plan and drill periodically. Last edited by Jt1971; December 16, 2010 at 02:46 PM.