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From: Sheriff Todd Entrekin Date: March 28, 2012
Etowah County Sheriff’s Office



ADVANCED LAW ENFORCEMENT RAPID RESPONSE TRAINING
(ALERRT)

Seven area law enforcement agencies are training together this week in an effort to be more alert to an “active shooter”.
The advanced law enforcement rapid response training (ALERRT) course is designed to prepare law enforcement officers to isolate, distract and neutralize an “active shooter”.
The training is held at the Etowah County Sheriff’s Office and co-hosted by Attalla Police Department and the Sheriff’s Office.
“This class will put every deputy and officer on the same page no matter how many years of experience,” says Instructor Ben Greene (Sheriff’s Office Deputy).
The course consists of two training days, the first takes place in the classroom and then the deputies and officers move to a different location for “force on force” scenarios the second day.
“The second day of training will allow us to put into practice what we’ve learned,” Greene adds.
Day two scenarios will consist of shooting and moving, threshold evaluation, concepts and principles of team movement, room entry techniques, approach and breaching the crisis site, rescue team tactics, improvised explosive devices, and post engagement priorities of work.
Agencies participating in the training include: Attalla Police Department, Etowah County Sheriff’s Office, Gadsden Police Department, Glencoe Police Department, Hokes Bluff Police Department, Rainbow City Police Department and Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office.
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Since 2002, the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Program at Texas State University has been delivering vital training to law enforcement officers and military personnel across the nation. ALERRT has trained more than 32,000 officers in active shooter response to date, through more than $22 million in state and federal funding.
ALERRT has engaged a criminal justice research professor to evaluate and enhance the overall understanding of active shooter events and assist in improving law enforcement best practices.
Mississippi, Alabama, Iowa, Louisiana, and South Carolina are among the first states to train and adopt the ALERRT curriculum as their state standard in active shooter response. Other states are moving forward with this as their standard and many large cities (Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, and San Antonio) are training all of their front line officers in ALERRT tactics and standards.
In its tenth year, ALERRT has grown to include eight active shooter response courses in the training catalog and will be delivering nearly 200 classes to more than 4000 law enforcement professionals across the United States in 2011.
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