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OPERATIONS
Protect Your Parks and Your People
Preparing for the threat of an active-shooter event in your community
By Jennifer Elliott

2017

was a shocking and terrifying year that brought
some of the most severe and devastating natural disasters in modern American history. It
also saw the deadliest mass shooting that has ever occurred in the
United States when a gunman opened fire on concert goers in Las
Vegas from his position inside a nearby hotel. Sadly, the Las Vegas
shooting was only one of 317 active-shooter events that took place that
year. According to Gun Violence (www.gunviolencearchive.org/pasttolls), in 2018 there were a total of 340 mass shootings and, so far this
year, there have been more than 135.
The increasing frequency of active-shooter events and the variety
of open, public locations where
shooting events have occurred is
raising awareness of the threat
that communities face from violent individuals aiming to endan-

ger the lives of large groups that
have gathered in outdoor locations. While many of the latest,
devastating mass-shooter events
have occurred at schools and
places of worship or business, local park and rec departments are

now asking themselves how they
would react if a mass-shooting
event were to occur in a public
park or during a local event where
hundreds or thousands of citizens
have gathered.
No matter the location of your
community, every single city,
county, village and township
across the nation needs to have a
plan in place in the event of a local emergency or act of terrorism.
While no municipality can fully
protect its citizens from dangerous situations, all are empowered
to work with local law enforcement agencies and communicate
with citizens in the event of local
terrorism. Such planning reduces the risk of citizen exposure
to life-threatening situations and
enables an expedited and efficient
response.

The Importance of
a Proactive Plan
An emergency response plan may
not seem like the responsibility
of a park and recreation department, but in an era where an active shooter could threaten citizen
lives in any open public setting,
park and recreation departments
should work on a proactive response plan with their public
safety officers. Safety experts
consider all public spaces, including churches, shopping malls and
chain restaurants where mass casualties have occurred, to be " soft
targets, " which means they pose
a high risk of mass casualties
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