Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Technical Difficulties

A technical glitch delayed a mass e-mail to alert the University of New Hampshire to a reported gun incident on the Durham campus Sunday night, the university said Tuesday.

The alert should have gone out Monday evening, when campus police say they learned how serious the incident was, but wasn't transmitted until 8:22 a.m. Tuesday, the university and university police said.
Thank goodness there's a backup system in place, and one can always consult the UNH "Shooting Protocol." Let's see, stay calm, maintain eye contact, try to stall...consult a bunch of pastors and a rabbi, try to run...nope, nothing about returning fire.

Oh, here it is, section 26.1 on page 69. They say you can't.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

That protocol for shooter-in-the-room makes me want to vomit. They left out the "Die like flies" step.

Jack Rumbaugh (Suarez International) demonstrated that even with aggressive UNarmed resistance, an active shooter would never make it past the first entry point.

David Codrea said...

Hecate, I emailed those guys at Suarez asking if they had any kind of write-up on their demonstration and didn't get a reply. I never pursue people who don't indicate further correspondence is welcome, so I let it drop. If you can do anything to get further info on this it will be appreciated.

Anonymous said...

"remain there until an "all clear" instruction is given by an authorized known voice"
Now voices are authorized?

Anonymous said...

David,

I happend across your little corner of the web. I never saw anything from you. Please email me at suarez_international_va@comcast.net and I'll be happy to answer your questions.

Jack Rumbaugh