CMPD Ramping Up Efforts To Teach Residents How To Survive A Mass Shooting

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With the number of mass shooting in our nation continuing to rise, CMPD is increasing their efforts to train Charlotte residents on how to survive a mass shooting.

Earlier this week CMPD’s Active Survival Expert LT. Steve Huber shared the following tips for surviving an active shooter situation on an episode of CMPD’s CopCast Podcast:

  • A moving target is a hard target to hit – you’ve got to keep moving.
  • There are nontraditional exits that you don’t think about in every building – through a kitchen, a loading dock, or a window.
  • You have to control yourself, you have to control your emotions and your breathing. 5 minutes a day of focused breathing will help you with this.
  • About 40% of people think gunfire is fireworks when they hear it. If you hear something that sounds like fireworks in a location that you know shouldn’t be fireworks, you have to react as if it’s gunfire.

Here is the complete episode;