The grant is part of the Active Shooter Situations (PASS) program. The funds will go toward helping officers better prepare themselves for active shooter situations and other violent threats.
, the department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services has offered active shooter training for about 55,000 first responders nationwide since 2017. Given the new grant, about 16,755 more first responders can get the training they need.
“Unfortunately, both the need and the demand for active shooter training for agencies across the country remain high,” said Robert Chapman, Acting Director of the COPS Office. “This award represents part of the COPS Office’s ongoing commitment to provide law enforcement with the resources they need to protect their communities, and to meet the significant demand for this training. We are proud of our long-standing support for this important effort.
Named the National Standard in Active Shooter Response Training by the FBI, ALERRT started as a partnership between Texas State University, the San Marcos Police Department and the Hays County Sheriff’s Office. “The PASS course has been designed to improve the safety and survivability of victims of active attack / shooter events and increase the effectiveness, coordination, and resource integration between law enforcement, fire, telecommunications and emergency medical services when responding to these events,” according to theThe COPS Office, established in 1994, is federally in charge of upkeeping the advancement of community policing in the United States.
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