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APRIL MEETING REPORT
by Bud Vye, Retired CFM
A pretty day on the 10th , as 54 (including the unusually large
number of 21 guests, obviously aware of the still recent Park-land,
FL incident) found their way to the Luck Stone HQ for our
meeting. Excellent refreshments as usual, provided by Mike
Calkins' Groovin' Gourmets as the large number of new (and
recently missing in action) attendees made for a longer than
usual Networking period. At length, President Jeff Sechrest
(our host for the evening as we were in his home building) got
the group to move to the other end of the room where tables
and chairs had been set up class room style under a lower level of lighting.
Recognition of new members and first time attendees preceded the announcement of the slate
of 2018-19 officers (listed on Page 7) who were called out by Nominating Committee Chair
Kathy Taylor and recognized where they were seated, without having to form a line up front.
Following this business, Program Chair Allen Hurt
proceeded to introduce our speaker for the evening,
Jason Perry, the CEO of Trident Shield whose first
slide on the screen titled our forthcoming presenta-tion
as “ACTIVE ASSAILANT: Is your Organization
Prepared?” He began by giving us his background,
starting with a difficult childhood in the Boston area;
16 years in the military, with service as a Navy Seal
in Iraq, Kosovo, Colombia & Indonesia; upon return
to civilian life, a tour with the Boston Police Dept. as
a Swat team officer ; and now the founder and CEO
of Charlottesville based Trident Shield www.tridentshield.net which specializes in Executive
Protection, Corporate Security and Training.
He launched into the presentation by stating that many of the incidents in recent years have
been committed by a disgruntled student or employee or someone that is involved in a love tri-angle
at the workplace. Analysis after these events has often shown that there had been clues
that the person was likely to do something drastic, but it had not been reported. Or if it had, not
followed up on. Therefore, have a reporting mechanism involving filing a report when some-thing
unusual is spotted, and then follow it up and observe the person's future actions.
Beyond that, you are not really prepared unless you have an Emergency Operations Plan
(EOP) that the occupants of your building are familiar with. This will spell out what to do should
you then encounter an Active Assailant. The elements of such a plan involve being prepared
(and having rehearsed) for what to do should an active assailant be reported in the building.
Since they are armed, and the potential victims are usually not, the actions to be taken are ----
ESCAPE, by getting out of the building through a window or door, if possible, and run-ning
away to safety
BARRICADE, having noted in advance a good place with a solid, inward opening door,
with no glass windows, and what furniture or other items could be used to block the door from
opening
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