Title
Peek or Push: An Examination of Two Types of Room Clearing Tactics for Active Shooter Event Response
Abstract
Prior to the modern era of active shooter events, the standard training for patrol officers responding to an ongoing shooting event required the responding patrol officer(s) to contain the shooter in the building where the attack was occurring, control access to the location, attempt to communicate with the shooter, and call the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. Recently, research has been undertaken to empirically examine different law enforcement response options. This article details one such experiment. The article details a tactic known as the peek. Utilizing an experimental design, we present findings regarding the peek room entry technique.
Department(s)
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019871052
Rights Information
© The Authors 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Keywords
active shooter, law enforcement, police, policing, tactics
Publication Date
7-1-2019
Recommended Citation
Blair, J. Pete, M. Hunter Martaindale, and William L. Sandel. "Peek or push: an examination of two types of room clearing tactics for active shooter event response." Sage open 9, no. 3 (2019).
Journal Title
SAGE Open
