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PROTECT: Parents

Have you experienced it yet?  That terrible feeling in your gut when you hear something bad has happened, your child could be at risk, and you are not there to protect them?

· Understanding Run-Hide-Fight concept for Active Shooter incidents
· Understanding of multidisciplinary threat assessment teams
· Access to PPD crime tips system
· Keep contact information up-to-date on school or business notification system
· Commitment to responding to rally points as announced, not to an active scene
· Connect to PPD social media outlets for updates
· Open, age-appropriate discussion of family reunification plans
· Communication prioritization within family unit—outbound from active scene, only after safe, share rally point announcements


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