CEO/Government & Community Relations (CEO/G&CR), in partnership with the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD), the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD), and the Orange County Health Care Agency, developed a Civic Center Awareness & Personal Safety Training. The slides from this annual training can be viewed here.

The team has presented this training to several groups of County employees. If you would like a presentation made to your employees, please contact Melissa Corral, Melissa.Corral@ocgov.com, to schedule.

It’s a simple concept: Everyone should be able to feel safe as they carry on in life and at work.

But as the number of active shooting incidents continues to climb – 11.4 per year between 2004 and 2013, according to the FBI – that concept is being severely tested. It is clear that we must both acknowledge the need for proactive training and preparation AND follow through by learning and preparing ourselves.

The County launched an employee training program in 2016 focusing on responses to active shooter incidents at the workplace. OCSD staff members Shane Millhollon, SWAT team leader, and Heather Williams, peer support and crisis response team coordinator conducted the two-hour course.

The course was aimed to empower and help employees:

• Know what to do during an active shooter incident;
• Understand the law enforcement response to an active shooter/mass casualty incident;
• Develop protocols in order to increase survivability and decrease the number of victims;
• Understand the psychological and physical impact of an active shooter incident; and
• Become aware of the resources available to help mitigate the lasting effects of trauma.

For County employees who would like to get credit for viewing the training, you can register through Training Partner, Course #OCCEOAS109 – Employee Workplace Violence Response Training.

For all others, the video of the training that took place in 2016 is located below. We hope you find it useful and helpful!