Purdue Homeland Security Institute looks at active shooter situations

[ELB]

http://wlfi.com/2015/11/20/purdue-homel ... ituations/

His Ph.D. dissertation at Purdue University is on mass shootings; and when police took 140 minutes to respond to the concert hall [Bataclan, Paris, France] shooting on Friday, the active shooter simulation he has been working with over the years was running through his mind.

“My research has shown that in a typical shooting situation, one person is shot roughly every 20 seconds,” explained Kirby. “And in 140 minutes, that leaves a lot of room for a lot of people to get shot.”

The simulation technology allows him to adjust police response time, concealed carry probability, and whether or not security guards are present during a shooting. He said all of these variables are something every venue should consider.

“We want you to use our model to determine what solution is best for you,” said Kirby.

He said overall, the simulations concluded if more innocent people were armed, less casualties would occur. Same goes with more security guards and faster police response times.

Video at link. Unfortunately I don't see a link to his actual paper.

[DocV]

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Unfortunately I don't see a link to his actual paper.

Seek and you will find: http://www.researchgate.net/publication ... d_Modeling

[kragluver]

Excellent paper - thank you for posting. The Israeli's adopted this model years ago and effectively ended terrorist attacks on schools. Many teachers and administrators are armed - and all served in the IDF.