What does "active shooter response" involve?

• A. Engaging with witnesses to gather information
• B. Making public announcements during an incident
• C. Procedures to engage a subject actively causing harm
• D. Evacuating all individuals regardless of situation

Answer: (C)

Active shooter response is about rapid, decisive action to locate and stop the person actively causing harm. The priority is to neutralize the threat as quickly as possible to save lives, using trained tactics, coordination with teammates, and situational awareness to move through or secure the scene. While gathering information from witnesses and issuing public notices are parts of incident management, they aren’t the defining actions of this response. Evacuation decisions are situational and must consider safety—blanket evacuation isn’t always appropriate while the shooter is active. Therefore, the best description is the procedures to engage the subject actively causing harm.