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ACTIVE
2024 ASSAILANT
OUTSIDE ACTIVE ASSAILANT
PREPAREDNESS:
3 TRAINING
65 ATTENDEES
2024 Among the many threats to property and safety we defend against daily, no other threat poses a
INTERNAL ACTIVE ASSAILANT
PREPAREDNESS: greater risk than that of an active assailant. With active assailant attacks now so prevalent, our
13 office prepares and trains regularly to prevent such threats from occurring. Our office offers
active assailant training to all governmental departments and employees. We also train
247 ATTENDEES hard to quickly and effectively stop any active assailant who would attempt to do
Our officers offer and provide training on Active Assailant Prevention and 2024 harm in one of our facilities. Our officers conduct stressful drills geared toward
Response to all employees of Augusta-Richmond County, as well as some MISCELLANEOUS TRAINING testing their responses under pressure and sharpening their defensive
non-governmental organizations such as local businesses, churches and child 3 skills. Our officers train in environments designed to mimic their daily
care centers. With Active Assailant events becoming so commonplace, we 125 ATTENDEES work areas. Additionally, our officers are regularly subjected to
believe teaching our employees and citizens how to identify potential threats unannounced testing conducted by actors who are unknown
TOTAL ATTENDEES
by knowing common pre-event behaviors and indicators, as well as teaching to the officers, and whose purpose is to attempt to breach
them the best response practices in the event of an actual attack is crucial to 437 security protocols. This is done in an effort to evaluate
preventing attacks or mitigating harm or loss of life. our ability to quickly identify suspicious behaviors,
communicate those activities with team
members and appropriately monitor and
respond when needed.
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