Academic

?Faculty Seminar on Active Shooter?

By Ann Bartow

Stripped only of logistical and personally identifying information, here is the text of an e-mail I received:

Faculty, instructors, teaching assistants and others who teach at USC are invited to participate in this seminar on active shooter situations. Topics include: what to do in a shooting incident, how to be prepared, how to think safely, and how to recognize a potential problem. This seminar is sponsored by [various university entities].

I guess I should attend just so I can learn “how to think safely.” I have serious doubts about whether anyone can really be prepared to handle an “active shooter” in the classroom, but maybe it’s worth checking out? Because all I can think of to do now if an active shooter enters my classroom is duck, run away, or call 911.

–Ann Bartow

Full post as published by Feminist Law Professors on February 29, 2008 (boomark / email).

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