ALICE Training News

Licking Heights School District - Pataskala, Ohio Licking Heights School District is taking steps to be prepared in the event of an active shooter or violent intruder situation. The new Licking Heights safety plan has multiple components. Along with becoming ALICE trained, Licking Heights is looking for ways to be proactive and efficient in their [...]

Wright State University - Dayton, OH Wright State University Police Department is offering free training to all of its employees, the student student body, and all staff or faculty member. Registration with the Wright State University Police Department for training is still open. The two-hour instructional lecture and tactical drills provide knowledge and practice to all [...]

Williamson County, Texas Authorities in Williamson County, Texas are updating their training for violent intruder situations, encouraging workplaces and school districts to update their training as well. Offering ALICE training to public and private organizations, the Williamson County Sheriff's Office understands that misinformed and outdated strategies can be more harmful than helpful. "Professional people have [...]

Cinnaminson School District  - Cinnaminson, NJ At the recommendation of Cinnaminson's police and fire departments, the Cinnaminson School District will be learning ALICE Training for the safety of their faculty, staff, and students. The important knowledge and proactive hands-on skills will be learned by the faculty, staff, and students of the Cinnaminson school district. Read [...]

Castleton University - Castleton, VT Castleton University and the ALICE Training have teamed up to bring ALICE Instructor Training to the Castleton University campus on July 25-26. This two-day instructor course is designed to teach proactive survival strategies for violent intruder or mass shooting incidents. The goal of the ALICE Training program is to provide individuals with [...]

Leominster Public Schools - Leominster, MA    James Jolicoeur, Superintendent of Leominster Public Schools, introduced ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) safety and security protocol at all school buildings by May 31. One School Committee member said he made significant progress toward that goal, six said he met it and two said he exceeded it. Read [...]

Dover City Schools - Dover, OH Many members of our Dover staff will be taking the summer months to enhance their skills in preparation for making the new school year even better than the last. This summer all Dover staff will spend a day with local police officers to complete ALICE Training Active Shooter Response Protocols. Captain/Detective [...]

Los Altos United Methodist Church - Long Beach, CA  Los Altos United Methodist Church and the ALICE Training have teamed up to bring ALICE Instructor Training to Long Beach at Los Altos United Methodist Church, 5950 E. Willow St., Long Beach, CA 90815 on August 15 and 16, 2016. This two day instructor course is [...]

Marlborough Public Schools - Marlborough, MA  After successfully implementing a new more aggressive approach to shooter lockdowns at the high and middle schools, district officials are preparing to bring ALICE Training to the elementary schools. “Essentially ALICE Training offers more options during a threat and it enables staff to make choices based on real-time information,” said [...]

Silver Lake Schools - Kingston, MA  Lockdown policies at the Silver Lake schools will soon be a thing of the past. Superintendent Joy Blackwood said the change to more flexible and empowering response protocols known as ALICE (Alert. Lockdown. Inform. Counter. Evacuate.) is recommended by the federal Department of Education. Kingston Police Chief Maurice Splaine [...]

Gateway School District - Monroeville, PA  The district plans to hire a total of nine armed school police officers by the start of the 2016-17 school year. They will be stationed at the district’s four elementary schools, two middle schools and high school, above. The district plans to look into hiring retired police officers to [...]

Findlay Police Department - Findlay, OH The Findlay Police Department and the ALICE Training have teamed up to bring ALICE Instructor Training to Findlay at Glenwood Middle School on Aug. 10-11. Read more  

Waterford Graded School - Waterford, WI  As school shootings, bomb threats and other potentially catastrophic events occur at schools across the nation at a growing rate, Waterford Graded school officials have examined the district’s policies and procedures for most of this school year. The outgrowth of those efforts is ALICE Training, a program that stands for [...]

South Dakota High School - Vermillion, SD Nearly 400 South Dakota High School Junior girls piled into Alf’s Auditorium at USD to learn a difficult lesson: how to responde to active shooter or mass shooting scenarios. "Five years ago, I didn't even think about it. It's “that'd never happen to me.” Hopefully, it never does,” said [...]

La Crosse Area School District- La Crosse, WI La Crosse area school districts say they are adequately prepared to respond to a machine generated call known as a robocall affecting school districts statewide. Bangor Middle/High School Principal Don Addington said with technology evolving, the district's safety plan is constantly being adapted to fit in with [...]

Acton-Boxborough- MA “ALICE is most-comprehensive, available and widely used in schools in Massachusetts and across the country,” said R.J. Grey Junior High School Assistant Principal Jim Marcotte, who led the subcommittee alongside junior and senior high school resource officer Detective Keith Campbell. “We really feel it’s transferable to all schools, all ages within our district.” [...]

Umpqua Community College- Roseburg, OR Interim President Walter Nolte presented the Recovery Report and said that ALICE active shooter response training is now online with special training beginning in the fall. ALICE will be optional for those faculty members who choose to participate. Online training must be completed by June 10. Read more

Waunakee County- Waunakee, WI Many Waunakee community members have been learning a more about how to respond in the event an active shooter comes their way. Waunakee Police Officer Asher Torbeck has spent about a year on A.L.I.C.E. training, for school district employees and students. Read more

Waunakee Police Department- Waunakee, WI What do you do if there is an Active Shooter in your area? Unfortunately this has become a question that many people of all ages have had to ask themselves only moments before they are forced to make life and death decisions. Lack of knowledge and preparation have led to [...]

Marshfield High School- Coos Bay, OR Marshfield High School has never had a shooter in the building, but is getting ready if it ever happens. “First and foremost,” Marshfield principal, Travis Howard said, “while it may feel like a helpless situation, there are some things we can do to prevent the loss of life and [...]