The Active Shooter for Dispatchers course is a primer for all telecommunications personnel that prepares them for the unpredictable nature of hostile incident response. Some of the topics covered include:
- A basic history of active violence
- A brief look at dispatchers involved in active attack response protocols
- The psychology of fear as it relates to training and call taking
-How to screen callers during an incident
-Preparing your call center for violent incidents
-The “Vegas Effect” and how it can affect your dispatch protocols
-The aftermath of these incidents and how to prepare your personnel for recovery

This extended version of the course includes scenario training that allows dispatchers the opportunity to experience what their first responders go through on a scene. All safety equipment will be provided by the instructors. Additionally, a computer simulation aid has been added to the course to clarify the roles involved in response, communication, command structure, and rescue task force.

This course is not just for telecommunications! All active attack instructors are encouraged to attend and will be able to teach a short course to their dispatch personnel following attendance. That short course material will be available to attendees.

Date: Monday, Dec 2
Start Time: 8 AM
Length: 8 hours
Class Size: 60 students
Location: Conference Center - San Marcos B
Taught by: Wayne Freeman

THIS CLASS IS FULL
Please email help@alerrt.org to be added to the waitlist.

This operator level course is a comprehensive introduction to the proper deployment and application of ballistic breaching. The course highlights weapon and ammunition selection, aim points and angles of attack, and hinge breaching. During this course students will conduct patterning drills, approaches and set up at the breach point, and live-fire practical application.

Student equipment list: 12 Ga Shotgun; 5 12Ga Shotgun rounds (department issued ammo); 50 rounds of 12Ga bird shot; personal body armor; eye and ear protection; gloves; hydration system; appropriate range attire; note-taking material

Date: Monday, Dec 2
Start Time: 8 AM
Length: 8 hours
Class Size: 20 students (LE only)
Location: ALERRT Center Range
Taught by: Sam Stock and Larry Behnke

Fire as a weapon (FAAW) is the use of fire, smoke, or flammable materials normally used with other attack vectors that confound incident response and which requires an integrated response for incident stabilization. Criminals and terrorists have used FAAW in many incidents, including well-known incidents such as: Waco TX, 1993; Mumbai India, 2008; Ferguson MO, 2014-15; and Honolulu HI, 2020 as well as many smaller incidents. FAAW incidents are continually evolving, both in magnitude and frequency, and the training to mitigate FAAW must also continually evolve. This course will begin with lecture and discussion, then move to an offsite location for hands on.

Date: Monday, Dec 2
Start Time: 8 AM
Length: 8 hours
Class Size: 60 students
Room: Conference Center - San Marcos A / ALERRT Range
Taught by: Scott Hembree & Russ Howard

THIS CLASS IS AT MAX CAPCITY

This dynamic course of instruction is designed to provide an individual with the knowledge, physical skills, and mind set on how to distract, isolate, and neutralize an armed threat like an active shooter. This course will cover levels of intervention, deadly force case studies, options for mitigating the occurrence of blue on blue shootings, concepts and principles of movement, threshold evaluation, setting up for and room entry techniques. post engagement priorities of work, and initial incident management will also be covered. The course involves dynamic force on force scenarios.

Date: Monday, Dec 2
Start Time: 8 AM
Length: 8 hours
Class Size: 24 students
Location: ALERRT Center Range
Taught by: Mark Cumberland, Chris Earnest, Rusty Jacks & Jeff Waters

This Full-Day Workshop introduces the history, concepts and functionality of the Standard Response Protocol (SRP) and the Standard Reunification Method (SRM), including implementation of the programs, team training, advanced questions, and plenty of opportunities for networking with your peers. Participants will come away from this workshop able to train others within their organization on the SRP and the SRM.

Date: Monday, Dec 2
Start Time: 8 AM
Length: 8 hours
Class Size: 100 students
Location: Conference Center - Spring Lake C
Taught by: Stacy Avila, Kevin Burd, John-Michael Keyes

THIS CLASS IS AT MAX CAPCITY

This course will cover reasons and methods to carry off-duty and on-duty for plain clothes officers, levels of intervention, deadly force policies and case studies, ergonomic considerations for plain clothes carry, options for mitigating the occurrence of blue on blue shootings.

Student equipment list: Students will need eye protection/ear protection/duty gear, 200 rounds of pistol ammo and at least 2 magazines

Date: Monday, Dec 2
Start Times: 8 AM
Length: 8 hours
Class size: 20 students (LE only)
Location: ALERRT Center Range
Taught by: Randall Milstead, Tony Pisaro, Glenn Gold, Pat Straker

THESE CLASSES ARE FULL
Please email help@alerrt.org to be added to the Waitlist for the AM or PM course.

This 4-hour overview will cover use of a hand-held light vs a weapon-mounted light in approaches, working thresholds, and suspect control in various lighting conditions.

Learning Objective 1 - The student will be able to recognize the importance of proper mental conditioning, tactics, physical skills, and equipment and how together they will increase the probability of winning a low-light confrontation.

Learning Objective 2 - Students will be able to recognize and articulate different lighting conditions and how to best work approaches, thresholds and entries in that condition.

Learning Objective 3 - Students will be able to demonstrate how to properly perform during approaches, thresholds and entries under varied lighting conditions.

Date: Monday, Dec 2
Start Times: 8 AM or 1 PM
Length: 4 hours
Class Size: 20 students
Location: Conference Center - Chautaqua
Taught by: Erin Clewell, Brian Ellingson

THIS CLASS IS FULL
Please email help@alerrt.org to be added to the Waitlist.

A cadaver based critical skills course for LEO/FF/EMS.

This is a hands-on program geared for the first on-scene. If you are an ALERRT certified instructor who has not yet experienced this level of application, this is the course for you!

Topics covered include:

Adult and Pediatric Bleeding (Injury types to include dissection and instrument usage) Direct Pressure, Wound Packing, Pressure Dressing, Tourniquet Applications & Modifications, Junctional Bleeding Control, Pelvic Binding

Fundamental Airway and Respiratory Management (Position, BLS & Supraglottic, Surgical)

Fundamental Thoracic Injury Management (Open & Closed - Chest Seals, Anterior & Lateral Decompression, Simple Thoracostomy)

Includes coffee, breakfast, and lunch

Transportation from Embassy to training site in Spring Branch will be each participant’s responsibility (we will try to coordinate a carpool arrangement)

Date: Monday, Dec 2
Start Time: 8 AM
Length: 8 hours
Class Size: 24 students
Location: Center for Emergency Health Sciences Lab - Bulverde, TX
Taught by: Kenneth Pippin

THIS CLASS IS AT MAX CAPCITY

The Rescue Task Force (RTF) program has become a national model for the triage, treatment, and rapid transport of casualties from a crisis site to higher definitive care. The Prestaged RTF Course challenges the notion that the RTF model is exclusive to “surprise” active attack incidents and demonstrates that the process can be extremely effective in any large scale or significant event. The course will address concepts such as interagency agreements and responsibilities, deployment locations and strategies, unified command organization, terminology, communications, equipment/vehicles, and training. Through case studies, data, and live scenarios the students will learn and practice this life saving program that can be pre-deployed for concerts/festivals, sporting events, entertainment districts, planned protests, and so much more. The course will culminate with integrated live fire deployment scenarios, with medical components, at a firearms range. Don't miss this chance to see how valuable the process can be for your agencies!

Presentation: Lecture, discussion, scenarios, and live fire exercises

Students: LE and Fire/EMS of any rank and active duty military

Date: Monday, Dec 2
Start Time: 8 AM
Length: 8 hours
Class Size: 24 students (12 LE & 12 Med)
Location: Austin Community College (ACC) Public Safety Training Center – Kyle, TX
Taught by: Andrew Huitt, Steve Jones & Will Mercado

This course will review sentinel high-rise attacks including the 1966 University of Texas Tower, 1982 Detroit Buhl Building, 1993 San Francisco California Street, 2008 Mumbai, 2017 Las Vegas Route 91, 2017 Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, 2018 Long Beach senior citizen apartments, and the 2019 Nairobi hotel. The presenter will review data on buildings in consideration of vertical assaults, delays in engaging the perpetrator, delay in providing initial care, and evacuation challenges.

Date: Monday, Dec 2
Start Time: 8 AM
Length: 4 hours
Class Size: 200 students
Location: Conference Center - Spring Lake A/B
Taught by: Mike Clumpner

THESE CLASSES ARE FULL
Please email help@alerrt.org to be added to the Waitlist for the AM or PM course.

This 4-hour course is designed to familiarize the student with conducting firearms proficiency, close-quarter engagement considerations, and mass-casualty care within a hostile environment. Weapons manipulation/accuracy/proficiency (primary and secondary system), Officer down scenarios, and medical treatment will be following established Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) guidelines and ALERRT-established medical protocols.

The course will utilize a combination of range instruction, individual and buddy team skill stations, and scenario-based exercises with the incorporation of role players. After this course, students will have better confidence with weapons systems, active shooter response communication, a basis of LE incident command considerations, individual tactical gear, and vehicle support from high repetition application in continued exposure to multiple scenarios.

Multiple instructors from ALERRT/ 18 Systems Consulting will be present to assist the students throughout the duration.

Date: Monday, Dec 2
Start Times: 8 AM or 1 PM
Length: 4 hours
Class Size: 20 students
Location: SMPD Driving Track and Live-Fire Range
Taught by: John Cantarella, Tate J, Nate S, Johnny Wilson