With the rise of mass shootings across America, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has released information on how Santa Clarita residents can protect themselves in an active shooter situation.
The department defines an active shooter event as when one or more individuals participate in a random or systematic shooting spree and demonstrate their intent to continuously harm others.
An active shooter is defined as a person or persons who appear to be actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people, most often in heavily populated areas. In most cases, active shooters use firearms and display no pattern or method for selection of their victims.
Due to the dynamic and rapid evolution of these types of situations, rapid response is demanded from law enforcement to stop the shooter(s) and prevent further harm to the community.
Here are some suggestions from the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department for preventing harm to yourself or others:
First and foremost, do not do anything to provoke an active shooter. The perpetrators of these events are highly dangerous and doing so will put not only your life in danger, but the lives of those around you as well.
If you are in the open, run away from the sound of gunfire and/or screaming. Once you are at a safe place, call 9-1-1 immediately and tell them your location, as well as the location the noise was coming from.
If you are in a building and cannot run, close and lock all doors and windows, as well as barricade any entrances or exits from the room.
Attempts to rescue others should only be made if there is clearly no danger to anybody in the room you are currently in.
If you see the shooter, immediately call 9-1-1 and report their appearance, including sex, race, clothing, type of weapon, the location you saw them, and the direction they were traveling, as well as any other relevant information.
Turn off any device such as a phone that could make unprompted sounds.
Only as a last resort, if there is no chance of escape or hiding, attempt to negotiate or overpower the shooter.
If taken hostage by a shooter, here are some instructions that could prevent injury or death:
Follow the captor’s directions. Do not be hasty or impatient and avoid drastic action.
Do not speak unless spoken to and try to remain quiet.
If possible, attempt to start a dialogue with the captor. Try to keep your voice as calm and relaxed as possible.
Be observant. You may be released or escape, and any information you have might help law enforcement officials protect others.
Other information about a mass shooting event:
First responder law enforcement officials will not stop to help the injured. Their first priority is to prevent more damage.
You may be told to drop any bags or purses you are carrying and/or to lie down on the floor. These measures are to prevent harm from an explosive device or from
If you believe somebody is a danger to the community, immediately contact law enforcement officials.
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18 Comments
Easy enough, issue us law abiding citizen CCW permits!
I don’t dial 911
No such thing as a mass shooting when law abiding and trained citizens are an unseen counter measure. 2A!
Have your own pistol!
This article is a load of crap. Best thing to do is be armed yourself and exercise your right to self defense. Following the advice of this article will likely get you shot.
Sorry but they wont give you a ccw in Los Angeles county.
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All these comments warm my heart.
This is why i love santa clarita no one is afraid of guns and we support our officers!
Make open carry legal in California again, that would be of great help.
330,000,000 people in this country, and the press acts like we’re turning into Beruit, with shootings on every street in America while Citizens are supposed to hunker down and wait for the Government save us. Or…take a report on our dead bodies.
If theirs a shooter and u don’t have a gun what u do is pray someone else has a gun. If more ppl have guns the safer everyone will be
Too bad we don’t have open carry in california. Like other states with far less mass shootings. Open carry states have it right
Shoot em back
We all know the answer ! CCW Permit
OMG….listen to you people.
Have any one of you been in a dangerous position in your life that a gun was present? I bet not. When these crazy people invade a room, who do you think they are going to shoot first? I bet it will be the person with the gun hanging off of them. They have the element of surprise. You don’t.
Then there is the issue of, who are the police going to shoot? They have no idea who the real criminal is. Especially if they see guns drawn and shots being fired. You might be considered collateral damage when you get shot. This isn’t a fictitious TV show. You have no idea how fast things like this happen in real life. I would rather take my chances with the sheriff, the trained professionals. How many of you with concealed guns would actually take the time and money to practice using your gun regularly. Not many. It’s expensive. And more importantly are you mentally prepared to take a life? Yes, I am a victim of crimes using guns. It’s no fun. And if my co-workers had guns. I would have been even more terrified. I have no idea how they would react in such a pressure filled situation.
Looks like everyone is in agreement here. Is our government listening?
No, everyone is not in agreement. I’m with the student in Umpqua (Oregon) who said “I had a gun but I didn’t want to have law enforcement arrive, see that I had a weapon in my hand, and shoot me because they thought I was the shooter”. He had a point.
And really, if you’re carrying a concealed handgun, how much chance do you have in a shootout with someone who’s carrying a larger weapon and has a hefty supply of ammunition?