FBI Special Agent Katherine Schweit Talks Active-Shooter Training

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The FBI, in collaboration with Texas State University's ALERRT Center, is in the process of training law enforcement officers around the country in active-shooter response. Special Agent Katherine Schweit is the senior executive responsible for the FBI's active-shooter training — the most extensive effort of its kind, initiated following the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy in Newtown, Conn., in 2012. Gameday Security editor in chief Dennis Van Milligen recently talked with Special Agent Schweit about the active-shooter training, which is free to law enforcement officers, and why it is so important for those officers and campus safety personnel responsible for protecting sports venues and events.

Q: How did the FBI first get involved with the active-shooter training?
A: Shortly after Sandy Hook, the White House tasked an executive team that included the FBI, DHS and DOJ, among others, with finding ways to prevent and help resolve these types of shootings. We're the only law enforcement agency in that group, so it's our responsibility to see what we can do to support state, local and campus law enforcement officers. We had a three-pronged approach to assisting state and locals in these types of situations. One was focused on line officers, and the other two were focused on command staff and chief executive offices and agencies.

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