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                               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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