- Apr 15, 2024
Ep 76: The Price Of Prevention
When looking to improve your security situation, how do you decide which tool is right for you?
- Apr 8, 2024
Ep 75: When The Response Stalls
Sometimes the response stalls. In order to fix it you need to recognize it’s gone wrong. And in order to recognize it’s...
- Apr 1, 2024
Ep 74: The Role of a School Resource Officer
Unfortunately, school shootings aren’t rare anymore. Today we look at the role of a School Resource Officer (SRO). Thei...
- Mar 25, 2024
Ep 73: The Job of Contact Two
The bad guy is stopped and the next group of officers have arrived on the scene. What do we do now? Today, we breakdown...
- Mar 18, 2024
Ep 72: Top 5 Public Misconceptions
Why did they do that? What’s taking so long? In today’s episode, we break down the top 5 misconceptions the public has a...
- Mar 11, 2024
Ep 71: When Injured Flee A Shooting
Run. Hide. Fight. In today’s episode, we analyze the logistics of dealing with the walking wounded.
- Mar 4, 2024
Ep 70: Sometimes Tradition Has To Change
The one constant in Public Safety is we don’t like the way things are done, and we don’t like change. Today’s episode lo...
- Feb 26, 2024
Ep 69: What About Hospitals?
In a mass casualty event, your hospital may be overwhelmed. When they call for help are you going to make it better or...
- Feb 19, 2024
Ep 68: Known Bleeding vs Unknown Threats?
During an Active Shooter Event the question to ask is “what is your threat RIGHT NOW – the gun or the clock or the crimi...
- Feb 12, 2024
EP: 67 Hosting ASIM Advanced Course
11 scenarios, 3 days, 60 participants – a $62,000 class you can get for free! Today’s episode breaks down the participan...
- Feb 5, 2024
EP 66: Overcoming Obstacles Part 2
Change is hard. Today’s episode continues the discussion of how to overcome the obstacles we set as reasons not to adapt...
- Jan 29, 2024
Ep 65: Overcoming Obstacles Part 1
There are dozens of reasons not to change, adjust and adapt our training, but who is going to take responsibility after...
- Jan 22, 2024
Ep 64: Cluster Fix: Strategies for Resolving Chaos
Today’s topic is overcoming tunnel vision - how to recognize when things have gone sideways. If you don’t recognize it,...
- Jan 15, 2024
Ep 63: Chasing Ghost Calls
911 Ghost calls in Active Shooter Events (aka Echo calls) are common and challenging. Listen to this episode to learn ti...
- Dec 18, 2023
Ep 62: A Teenager's Perspective on Active Shooter Events
Today, we hear what high school students think about Active Shooter Events. Meet Ryan, a 16 year-old sophomore who gives...
- Dec 4, 2023
Ep 61: Tactical or Command?
Today's topic is a law enforcement listener question. Ironically, the question hits on something we changed in the ASIM...
- Nov 20, 2023
Ep 60: Trappings of Triage
Whichever triage system you use, it may not be enough in an Active Shooter Event. Today's topic is the Trappings of Tria...
- Nov 13, 2023
Ep 59: Top 5 ASIM Misconceptions
When we talk about active shooter incident management, have you ever wondered what are the big misconceptions? That's to...
- Nov 6, 2023
Ep 58: ASIM Model Policy
In this week's podcast, we discuss the development of a model response policy and the obstacles organizations may face w...
- Oct 30, 2023
Ep 57: The Key to Success in Active Shooter Response
How long does it take us to get the injured off the scene to a hospital? That's our gold standard. The one key to succes...
- Oct 23, 2023
Ep 56: Learning From Battlefield Trauma
Today, our discussion centers around the invaluable medical insights gleaned from battlefield experiences and how we can...
- Oct 16, 2023
Ep 55: Lost in Translation
This week we talk about avoiding the temptation to over-complicate terminology and creating unnecessary confusion. Keep...
- Oct 9, 2023
Ep 54: When Attackers Go Mobile
Today, our discussion will revolve around the concept of mobile attackers and mobile attacks. We'll explore scenarios th...
- Oct 2, 2023
Ep 53: Don't Overcomplicate It
As we travel the country doing training, we frequently run into people who are introducing unnecessary confusion and ext...
- Sep 25, 2023
Ep 52: Rescue Task Force - Common Challenges and Expectations
We're thrilled to return after an extended break and share our exciting news: we've started filming our podcasts! You ca...
- Sep 5, 2022
Ep 51: Listener Question - Who Sets Tactical?
This week are live on the road with the ASIM team in New York City. Today we are answering a former ASIM student's quest...
- Aug 1, 2022
Ep 50: Implementing the ASIM Process
Sheriff Michelle Cook and Police Chief Terry Nichols share their experiences implementing the Active Shooter Incident Ma...
- Jul 19, 2022
Ep 49: ASIM Checklist Endorsed as National Standard by NTOA
SPECIAL EPISODE - We have exciting news on this week's podcast! Our guest is Thor Eells, Executive Director of the Natio...
- Oct 11, 2021
Ep 48: Interview with TEEX's Jesse Watkins
On this week's podcast we have our sponsor of the Active Shooter Incident Management Advanced and Intermediate courses,...
- Oct 4, 2021
Interview with ALERRT's John Curnutt
This week we are interviewing John Curnutt from ALERRT. We discuss how ALERRT started, it's mission, and how it works to...
- Sep 13, 2021
Ep 46: ASIM Basic and Counterstrike (Part 2)
We are picking up from last week's topic about ASIM Basic to talk about the Counterstrike training system. Bill and Adam...
- Sep 7, 2021
Ep 45: ASIM Basic and Counterstrike (Part 1)
We are splitting this week's topic in two parts. First, we are discussing some tips and suggestions for instructors teac...
- Aug 30, 2021
Ep 44: Comm Center Challenges Part 2
In Part 2 of this week's podcast, we are continuing our topic of 911 and the dispatch center during an active shooter ev...
- Aug 23, 2021
Ep 43: Comm Center Challenges Part 1
In Part 1 of this week's podcast, we talk about some of the challenges in the 911 dispatch center during an active shoot...
- Aug 2, 2021
Ep 42: Common Day One Training Problems
On this week's podcast, we discuss the common obstacles you may encounter during day one of training.
- Jul 26, 2021
Ep 41: Micro Training
For this week's podcast topic, we discuss different types of micro training to help reinforce active shooter incident ma...
- Jul 19, 2021
Ep 40: SSAVEIM with John-Michael Keyes
In this podcast with John-Michael Keyes from the I Love U Guys foundation, we talk about school safety and violent event...
- Jul 12, 2021
Ep 39: Hosting ASIM Intermediate
Sheriff Michelle Cook shares her experience hosting the Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Intermediate course re...
- Jul 5, 2021
Ep 38: Tips for Working Together at Tactical, Triage, and Transpor...
A discussion about tips and tricks at the tactical, triage and transport location.
- Jun 28, 2021
Ep 37: Other Uses of ASIM Checklist
A discussion about uses of the ASIM Checklist beyond active shooter events.
- Jun 21, 2021
Ep 36: Intelligence
A discussion about the Intelligence function in Active Shooter Incident Management (hint: it's not just a law enforcemen...
- Jun 14, 2021
Ep 35: Rural Response in Active Shooter Events
A discussion about how small and rural communities can respond and structure their response to active shooter events.
- Jun 7, 2021
Ep 34: Five Common Mistakes
A discussion about five common mistakes in active shooter events response and active shooter incident management.
- May 31, 2021
Ep 33: Emergency Management
A discussion about the role of emergency management and the emergency manager in active shooter events.
- May 24, 2021
Ep 32: Command Post vs. Tactical, Triage, and Transport
An important discussion on the fundamental difference between the work that gets done at the tactical, triage, and trans...
- May 17, 2021
Ep 31: Zones
This episode is about Zones in Active Shooter Response and how they help us communicate the threat picture.
- May 10, 2021
Emotional Responsibility for Each Other
An important discussion on emotional responsibility for your fellow first responders with special guest Dr. Sara Metz fr...
- May 3, 2021
Staying in Your Lane
Today's topic, we're going to talk about staying in your lane for active shooter events and what that means.
- Apr 26, 2021
Ep 28: Importance of the PIO
A discussion about the Public Information Officer and why it is critical in Active Shooter Event Response
- Apr 18, 2021
Ep 27: Emotionally Responsible Room Entry
Room entry tactics are a delicate topic in law enforcement, but this discussion is about considering the impact of a ful...
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