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1/10/18 Biography Active Shooter & Multi-Hazard John Sakoian is the President of Command Excellence™ LLC and ACTION™ Training. He is a Director for the international company First Tactical. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and currently Crisis Safety Consulting serving on the Executive Board of the FBI National Academy Associates Western Pennsylvania Chapter. John formulated & instructed the Crisis Incident Command/Management and Active Shooter Training programs for more than 1,200 police officers, over 2,500 educators in K-12 schools & Universities, and over Response to Business, School, Commercial Retail, 200 commercial/workplace settings. John produced his Active Shooter programs into online education modules for workplace convenience and will soon partner with Send Word Now an internal emergency Houses of Worship and Workplace Violence communications system who has operational systems in 70 of the top fortune 100 companies in the world. & John’s training programs have been approved by Pennsylvania’s Municipal Police Officers Education & Improvised Explosive Devices. Training Commission (MPOETC), obtaining twenty-four Pennsylvania grants and three Homeland Security PEMA grants approved by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). John’s accomplishments also include the prior training of police officers who responded to the LA Fitness John Sakoian, President shooting and the Franklin Regional High School stabbing incidents. John has been a Police Officer for over 40 years, with 25 years of tactical command level experience. Command Excellence™ ACTION™ Training CommandExcellence.com Introduction: Agencies Trained & Endorsements • Over 1,200 Law Enforcement & Public Safety There is no time when people are more officials severely tested or when their actions come • PA Municipal Police Officers Training & Ed Commission (MPOETC) under closer scrutiny than immediately after • 24 PA State Grants • 3 Homeland Security Grants they have experienced a major incident. • Over 2,500 Educators • School Districts & Resource Officers • PASSHE (14 PA State Universities) • Private Colleges • Community Colleges • Over 200 Corporations, shops, malls, manufacturing factories, churches, health care, assisted living facilities & other private businesses ACTION™ Planning & Training Benefits Do you have a plan & train for multi-hazards? • Natural Disasters • Criminal Activity ( Active Shooter & Improvised Explosive Devices; IED’S) Creates a safer work environment • Fire & Hazardous Material Incidents • Terrorist Actions & weapons of mass destruction Establishes clear leadership • Travel • Self-destruction Clarifies communication systems Promotes coordination with Public Safety 1

1/10/18 Preparation FBI & NYPD Study Statistics How vulnerable of a target is your business, • US Active Shooter incidents have tripled in the last 14 years church or school? Are you prepared? • 29% occur in Schools, 49% occur in a Commercial Workplace “ Preparation & training • 60% of incidents are over before police arrive, lasting @ 6 minutes makes your own luck” Chuck Noll • 86% end violently; 40% commit suicide & 46% must be forcefully stopped 4 Steeler Super Bowls “To subdue the enemy • 98% perpetrated by a ”Lone Wolf,” brittle people with deep personal, political or without fighting is the religious grievances, leading to acts of catastrophic violence or seeking notoriety supreme excellence” Sun Tzu • 96% are perpetrated by males Art of War Steps: • Identify the threat • Only 1% flee and 13% Surrender Assess the threat • • Manage the threat • 32,000 terrorism deaths in 2014, an 80% increase from 2013 Las Vegas, Oct 1, 2017 New York City Park, Oct. 31, 2017 Home Depot truck attack, 8 killed, 11 injured 58 killed over 500 injured Sutherland Springs TX, Baptist Church, Nov. 5, 2017 FBI & NYPD Study Statistics 26 killed, 27 injured • Auorora CO Theater; 70 people shot (12 killed) in 2012 • Virginia Tech VA; 49 people shot (39 killed) in 2007 • Fort Hood TX; 45 people shot in 2009 • Sandy Hook Elementary CT; 29 people shot (26 killed) in 2012 • Great need to identify these people during the planning stages • 98% Lone Wolf, 96% male offenders, 26% kill or assault a family first 2

1/10/18 Do we know what we are doing? Strategic & Operational Planning 50% of all attackers plan the event for about 2 weeks Strategic Operational Preparedness: A Continuous Process Mental Mapping by Hearing, Seeing & Doing in Training Active Shooter & Multi-Hazard Safety Plan C Prevention, Preparation, Response & Recovery Active or Static Barricade Options 3. Negotiation • Threat vulnerability & risk 2. Sniper • Leadership 1. Physical assault to neutralize the threat assessment • Communication systems • Creating an emergency • Public safety networking action pre-plan with • Behavior characteristics owner(s) & administration • Violence risk factors • Table top exercises • Trigger Events • Employee ACTION™ training • De-escalators • Parent/family training • Improvised Explosive Devices • Student training if applicable • Lockouts, lockdowns, • Live Drills on site with local controlled evacuations, shelter public safety in place, resistance actions 3

1/10/18 A C T I O N™ IT Responsibilities A ssess: Situational Awareness; what is going on? “OODA Loop” O bserve, O rient, D ecide & A ct • Internet Technology internal security layers & maintenance C over & Call 911: Tactical Movement to safety, cover stops bullets (explosives); Firewalls, malware, passwords, updates, new hires, terminations, etc. • Calling 911, be clear & articulate, identifying yourself & type • Internal Emergency Communications System (tested regularly) of threat(s) • Text, voice, email, PA, web-based, geo-fenced & conference calling T ime: Lockdown or Evacuate to create time & distance from the threat? Ability to respond for accountability & reunification • (incidents are over in 3-10 minutes) • Electronic Visitor Sign-in, Identification System & Record Checks I nform: Law Enforcement and your people with updates (video surveillance, PA, • Surveillance/Security Cameras with smart phone remote access phone, text, internet, etc.) • Computerized locks, logs & card access and IT inspections O ffensive: Fight, resist distract as a last resort if confronted consistent with the facility security operations and requirements N ever Give Up!: to Fear, Helplessness & Horror (PTSD) • Assist first responders with access controls & IT information • Liaison with public & private IT personnel (FBI Infragard Program) Develop the Skill and the Will to survive! 8 Critical ACTION™ Tasks What to do in the first seconds that saves lives & the first minutes that lasts a lifetime Public Safety Private Sector Goal is to preserve Life, Isolate, Contain, Solve Goal is to preserve Life, Isolate, Contain, Solve 1. Establish “Communication and Control” 1. Call 911 (clear information, location & events) 2. Identify the “Kill Zone”& emergency 2. Command (company leadership identified) Entry Team 3. Communicate (identify danger areas and give clear 3. Establish the “Inner Perimeter” direction to your people and your resources) 4. Establish the “Outer Perimeter” 4. Control (be decisive, delegate tasks, assign liaisons) Internal tasks, command post, tactical operations, 5. Establish the scene “Command Post” media 6. Establish “Staging Areas” 5. Contain (perimeter integrity & isolate threat) 7. Identify and Request “Additional 6. Coordinate (a resolution plan with first responders) Resources” 7. Casualties and Reunification 8. Make “Notifications” 8. Continuity of Operation (resumption of operation) Tactical Considerations Tactical Movement = Survival Lock Down, Evacuate or Active Resistance? Perception & Reaction Time Advantage Actionable Intelligence Tactical Movement • ACTION™ personal & family plan Defensible Location • “Mental Map & Conditioned Perimeter integrity fortification Responses” under stress • Speed, surprise, supremacy of Action Stealth • Diversion, noise, movement Cover • Active resistance & improvised weapons, use force to save lives Concealment • Foot positioning (strong/weak) Avoid Un-cleared areas • Facing a gun • Moving at angles Masking & Crossfire Fire • Pie & Peek techniques High Ground Tactical Movement 4