Active Shooter Situations: What Do We Do Now?

• NCJ Number: 189604
• Journal: Campus Law Enforcement Journal Volume: 31 Issue: 3 Dated: May/June 2001 Pages: 21-22
• Author(s): James J. Scanlon
• Editor(s): Karen E. Breseman
• Date Published: 2001
• Length: 2 pages
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article examined law enforcement’s response to and neutralization of active shooter situations with a description of the QUAD (Quick Action Deployment) tactical plan.

Abstract

Due to the recent increase in the number of school and workplace active shooter situations, the law enforcement community ranks this among the top social concerns facing society today. Through research, much is known regarding the suspects in most of the school situations. It was noted that while this information may not have assisted in preventing these tragedies from occurring the information can assist in the development of a plan to respond and neutralize active shooter situations. After the Columbine High School tragedy, the Ohio Division of Police developed a universal tactical plan known as the QUAD (Quick Action Deployment). The philosophy was that once officers are at the scene and they determine that violence was actually occurring they would enter the building with a minimum of four officers. The mission was to locate and stop the active shooter(s). QUAD became the preferred philosophy and tactic utilized when faced with an active shooter situation.