you know kind of mine sometimes
described as the first televised school
shooting because we I remember watching
it unfold on TV countless Americans
watched it unfold from their living
rooms and many young children were
exposed to the unthinkable remembering
all those children running out of that
school so J days after the shooting
former news for Jax anchor deborah
gianoulis she actually actually spoke
with some local children about how they
felt seeing that on TV and it just
scares me because you know it could
happen anywhere you know but before that
I believe that oh that's never gonna
happen to me
does this change your feeling of
security and it's none for Scenario
movie you know it's not so much for
Stallone this is real some very adult
comments from some kids yeah this is
real Washington Post reports since
Columbine at least 143 people have been
killed in school shootings eleven are
considered mass shootings where four or
more people were killed over the years
security concerns have become all too
familiar for schools News projects
reporter Ashley Harding joins us live
this morning now you talked with a
former FBI agent about how the response
to active shooters has evolved since
Columbine 20 years ago
yes she says many things have changed
one interesting point she made is that
April is a month where law enforcement
is on a little bit more higher alert
because so many incidents have happened
in this month that includes the Waco
incidents the Oklahoma City bombing the
Boston and Marathon bombing as well as
the tragedy at Columbine High School the
images from Columbine High School will
never be forgotten for those in the
community I saw them we'll have weapons
black mass black trenchcoat we do know
that we must do more to reach out to our
children and teach them to express their
anger and to resolve their conflicts
with words not weapons in the years
after the tragedy people have often
asked what could have been done to
prevent the massacre and what has
changed in hopes of saving lives from a
law enforcement investigative standpoint
there's a lot of training to try to
understand you know how could we have
seen this how can we respond better how
can we respond faster Toni crabbit was
with the FBI for nearly 25 years and is
now CEO of risk confidence group having
been a crisis negotiator and part of the
Critical Incident Response Group crabbit
understands the importance of acting
fast
she says negotiators now go out with the
SWAT teams in years past that was
recommended by the FBI but is now more
commonly practiced she says SWAT teams
also regularly undergo active shooter
training in wake of Columbine and other
incidents we have seen this here in
Jacksonville to go in to knowing that
studies have shown that if you engage
the shooter that they will turn their
attention away from victims and and onto
the threat itself and so that is how law
enforcement trains crabbit says changes
post Columbine Orange limited to law
enforcement changes have also taken
place in the classroom schools now are
taking a very proactive approach into
not only reporting incidents but but
securing the schools with resource
officers some in some areas armed
and so that's you know that is going to
be a process of learning and growing as
we as we move forward and crab but also
Sheriff a the recent results of a study
conducted by a team of FBI agents
analyzing behaviors from active shooters
this particular study focused on active
shooters from 2000 to 2013 clearly those
are the years after Columbine we've
posted that study on our website news
for Jack's comm reporting live Ashley
Harding Channel four the local station
we'll be right back
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