ALICE Training

The ALICE Training speech given by the Springfield Police Officer informed us on the way to react when an active shooter is in progress somewhere near us. His advice was much different from what we learned in school. Starting in elementary school we would have "code red" drills where we would turn of the lights, lock the doors, and hide in the back of the room. He told us that we were doing the worst thing possible and making ourselves to be the best targets. He gave us a new protocol for when an active shooter warning is given. The first thing we should try to do if we can is run from the scene and call the police. The Second best way to avoid the bad situation is to hide, but not to hide the old way he advises us to barricade the doors and be ready to fight back if the intruder do get in. He showed us examples from the past and illustrated how some did the wrong thing and how some did the correct thing. His speech made some points that made me think what would I have done in the past if that happend at my school. I think I might have done what other victims did. Nothing. He made one point hat I thought was really interesting. He said that we have been conditioned to act the way we did and we cant be blamed for what we did. I experienced something like that recently. Me and some friends were in a movie theater alone during a movie. For some reason we started whispering about what happend in the movie. I then noticed the comical quality of the situation. In any other setting where it was just us I would talk plenty loud for every one to here me easily. But because were in a theater I whispered without thinking. The talk has made me think twice about all the things that I "naturally" do.