PROCESS:

When an Active Shooter is in your vicinity, you must be prepared both mentally and physically to deal with the situation. You have three options:

OPTION 1- RUN

• Attempt to exit the building immediately. Have an escape route and plan in mind.
• Leave your belongings behind.
• Evacuate regardless of whether others agree to follow.
• Help others escape, if possible. Notify anyone you may encounter to exit the building immediately.
• Report to an area that is a safe distance away from the location of the threat. Generally, this will be an area established in an emergency plan by each building head, approved by KYSU Police Department and Security
• Do not attempt to move the wounded.
• Prevent others from entering an area where the active shooter may be.
• Keep your hands visible.
• Call the KSU Police Department at 502.597.6878 dial 911, or active a Blue Emergency Phone when you are safe.

OPTION 2- HIDE

• Hide in an area out of the shooter's view.
• Go to the nearest room or office.
• Lock the door or block the entry to your hiding place. Do not answer or unlock the door.
• Silence your cell phone (including vibrate mode) and dim the lights on the phone. Keep quiet and act as if no one is in the room.
• Text the KSU Police Department at 502.545.7370 or use the KSU Bred Alerts

OPTION 3- FIGHT

• Fight as a last resort and only when your life is in imminent danger.
• Attempt to incapacitate the shooter.
• Act with as much physical aggression as possible.
• Improvise weapons or throw items at the active shooter.
• Commit to your actions...your life will depend on it.

REFERENCES AND RELATED MATERIALS:

https://www.kysu.edu/student-affairs/police/

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