The University of Michigan
will
begin
offering
optional
active
attacker
training
to
students,
faculty,
staff
and
community members through
a
program
called
“Capable
Guardian: Instruct, Evacuate,
Shelter, Defend.” The training
is provided through the safety
and security company Threat
Suppression Incorporated and
will be implemented by the
Division of Public Safety and
Security.
Melissa Overton, deputy chief
of police and public information
officer, said Capable Guardian
does not yet have an estimated
start date. She said the program
will
work
to
address
the
“in-between” area that often
occurs as a result of active
attacker protocol.
“What we do, or what we’re
going to begin doing, is that
in-between — what is the role
of the staff member at the
University, with a classroom of
staff?” Overton said. “We started
with the areas of concern based
on experience and educating
the
community
that
require
attention.”
According
to
the
Threat
Suppression website, the “run,
hide, fight” mantra employed by
the Department of Homeland
Security
as
active
attacker
protocol has been found to cause
uncertainty that may lead to the
spread of inaccurate or vague
information.
The
University
utilizes the “run, hide, fight”
mantra
as
active
attacker
protocol.
After unfounded reports of
an active shooter in Mason Hall
surfaced on March 16, many
community members expressed
concern regarding the clarity of
the “run, hide, fight” protocol.
LSA
senior
Brad
Ebenhoeh,
who uses a wheelchair, said he
was not previously informed of
protocol in an active attacker
situation, nor was he informed of
how individuals with disabilities
should approach the protocol.
“It has been three weeks since
the active shooter false claim,
and I still don’t know what to
do,” Ebenhoeh said. “That is
unacceptable in my eyes.”
However, Overton said this
situation did not factor into
the decision to implement the
Capable Guardian program at
the University. DPSS Officer
Matt Butzky, who brought
the program to the attention
of DPSS, said he first became
aware of Threat Suppression
and
Mike
Clumpner,
its
president
and
CEO,
after
attending a one-day training
session on joint public safety
response
to
active
shooter
events in early 2016.
“Dr.
Clumpner
was
particularly impressive in that
session because so much of his
information was supported by
data and he was on the leading
edge of the joint response
concept
to
active
shooter
incidents,” Butzky said. “Later,
I sought him out after we
identified a couple areas in
which we wanted to provide
more
specific
information
on active attacker response,
building on the ‘run, hide, fight’
model already in place.”
Overton said DPSS hosted a
three-day training by Clumpner
March 6-8 of this year, which
was planned more than a year
prior.
The program will primarily
focus
on
one’s
position
in
an active attacker situation,
Overton
said.
DPSS
will
also include a new module
in the program that focuses
specifically on the safety of
people with disabilities in the
event of an active attacker. This
area does not currently exist in
the Capable Guardian program.
“Our
community
members
are in a role, either by their job
title
or
personal
conviction,
where they would be unable to
leave a vulnerable population or
those which they are charged
with
leading
or
protecting,
and also community members
that have a disability or how to
better prepare them within the
framework of the ‘run, hide,
fight’ model,” Overton said. “So
these are both two areas that
we’re going to be working on
the community with, and it’s
basically just training, educating
and exercising so that they know
what to do and how to respond to
an active attacker.”
Threat Suppression defines
capable guardians as “people
within organizations to which
others would immediately look
to for guidance during an active
shooter event.” According to the
Threat Suppression website, the
presentation will focus on many
important components of the
capable guardian concept.
“To understand how to manage
people during times of duress,
the participants are taught about
the concepts of mass hysteria and
crowd contagion,” the site reads.
“The participants are also taught
about research-based findings
of
human
behavior
during
times of crises. The behavior
is often dependent on several
factors. One mitigating factor
is the presence of a competent,
identified, capable guardian.”
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annually from DTE Energy, a
Detroit-based firm, starting in
2021. University officials say DTE
will provide about half of the
purchased electricity on the Ann
Arbor campus. This will offer a
significant step toward reducing
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
according to the University.
The University will purchase
approximately 200,000 megawatt
hours
of
renewable
energy
annually
from
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2025 greenhouse gas reduction
goal of reducing GHG emissions
25 percent below 2006 levels.
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recommendations
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achieving sustainability.
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sit-ins by climate activists at the
Fleming Administration Building,
which
houses
a
number
of
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the University’s commencement
ceremony next month because a
Board of Regents bylaw prohibits
giving an honorary degree “in
absentia.”
In addition, a member of the
University’s
honorary
degree
committee, who refused to be
identified, said the regents, in a
closed session in January, rejected
the
panel’s
recommendation
that Raoul Wallenberg be given
an honorary degree, because
Wallenberg would be unable to
accept the honor in person.
Wallenberg,
a
former
University
student,
who
saved the lives of hundreds of
thousands of Hungarian Jews
in Nazi Germany, disappeared
shortly after World War II. He is
believed to be dead.
Mandela,
a
black
South
African, has been in prison since
1962, serving a life sentence for
leading the revolution against
the nation’s white regime. He is
recognized as a symbol of the
anti-apartheid movement in his
country.
A
group
of
University
students called the Free South
Africa Coordinating Committe
(FSACC) has been urging the
University to give Mandela the
degree.
One of the reasons the group
constructed a shanty on the
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request that Mandela be honored.
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‘Capable Guardian’ program offers
training on active shooter response
DPSS provides optional instruction to students, faculty on ‘run, hide, fight’
ZAYNA SYED
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Capable Guardian participants
will learn about crisis theories
that help explain how crisis
events
follow
similar
and
predictable paths. The program
will also include active attacker
training
and
focus
on
the
participant’s role in a situation as
a capable guardian.
Butzky said DPSS hopes to
incorporate the Capable Guardian
concept
as
a
supplemental
module to the “run, hide, fight”
information already being shared
on campus for those who may
want more information on what
actions they can take.
“It’s
important
for
those
that are willing to take on that
additional risk to have confidence
in their knowledge, ability, and
authority,” Butzky said. “The
presentation
(by
Clumpner)
was
also
valuable
to
DPSS
administration as it clarified
the role of security personnel
in
active
attacker
incidents.
Similarly, we hope to build out
another module that provides
more specific information for
those with disabilities.”
According
to
Overton,
students,
staff,
faculty
and
community members will be able
to sign up for the program through
the DPSS website. A community
outreach officer will then make
contact
with
the
interested
individual and set up the training.
Overton said she believes offering
Capable Guardian is moving the
University in the right direction.
Ebenhoeh said he is in support
of the implementation of the
program. He said he hopes the
University will properly address
the
safety
of
people
with
disabilities in the program, as
he has still not been informed
of protocol following the false
reports.
“If people do it, I am for it,”
Ebenhoeh said. “I would sincerely
hope that the University would
handle where a person with a
disability is supposed to go in
shelter (during an active shooter
situation).”
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