A.L.I.C.E Trains Students
New program aims to prepare students in case of an emergency on campus
Allison Strouse
Issue date: 8/25/08 Section: News
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Alert-Lock-Down-Inform-Counter-Escape is the meaning behind the newest form of survival training available to students.
This program is designed to teach both students and staff how to deal with and survive emergency situations like those of Virginia Tech, Columbine High School and Northern Illinois University.
UAPD Sgt. Chad Cunningham is the programs advocate on Akron's campus.
He has pushed for both students and faculty to receive training to prepare for these kinds of situations.
While there has not been a student class offered yet, faculty and staff have been working to learn how to survive a shooter situation.
A.L.I.C.E. teaches not only how to prepare for a violent situation but also how to combat the person and increase your chance for survival.
Cunningham started the class with a visualization exercise asking people to imagine themselves in their work or a classroom.
A man walks in and begins to open fire. Your job is to get out safely.
This is to help those mentally prepare themselves for this kind of a situation. The more mentally prepared we are the more ready we are to conquer a situation.
Cunningham then proceeded to teach about each step of the A.L.I.C.E. process.
The largest part of the training is focused on swarming and taking down the perpetrator.
During the hour and 15 minute training session, staff members were instructed to throw books, jackets and water bottles at the shooter in order to keep him from hitting his target.
"Moving targets are a lot harder to hit than a standing one," Cunningham said.
He then proceeded to show faculty how to take down the person telling them to control the five appendages, two legs, two arms and a head.
Exactly how has the UA community taken to this revolutionary training?
According to Cunningham, extremely well. "The university as a whole has embraced the program," Cunningham said. "To give students extra options in case they need it for survival."
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Constantine
posted 9/09/08 @ 5:04 PM EST
You've got to be kidding me - criminals are walking into schools with guns and we're teaching kids to respond with books and water bottles? How about allowing lawful Concealed Handgun License holders to carry in school as they do everywhere else? That's the only thing that would have prevented all those shootings!
Bob
posted 9/11/08 @ 7:21 AM EST
Absolutely insane! Throwing books and water bottles at a guy with a gun? Maybe the shooter will stand there and let the students grab hold of him and take him down like the picture shows. (Continued…)
Max
posted 9/18/08 @ 10:49 AM EST
What a couple of knuckleheads suffering from cranial-rectal-insertion! Want to carry guns on campus? Good, then quit whining and change the law instead of bad rapping UA for giving defenseless students options. (Continued…)
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