Talk about a total waste of State Tax payer money.....

[SideShow Bob]

So, now all full time and temporary CDOT employees must attend a mandatory 4 hr. training class on, Wait for it, "Active Shooter" training. Just think of all the wasted salary, the expence of hiring the training instructors for all the classes to accommodate all of CDOT's employees state wide and lost production this will cause.
I know there are those of you here that think that guberment employees don't do anything but collect a paycheck anyway, so at least you can rest assured that these employees are getting quality training on your tax dollars.

[merl]

4 hours to teach someone to run & hide?

You know they won't say to fight back.

[rbeau30]

Duck and Cover

[SideShow Bob]

Duck and Cover

Some of us here are old enough to remember that from grade school, especially those of us that went to grade school on a military base.

[BPTactical]

The above two posts nail it.
I can tell ya right now it will be a "secure in place" scenario.
That way they have a nice and contained crime scene.
Maybe if they didn't have such a screwed up upper echelon doing stupid shit they wouldn't be so concerned..
The only thing I miss is the paycheck.......

[ray1970]

Probably not a bad idea. You CDOT workers are a little "off" anyways. Present company included of course.

[Aardvark]

My work has 'active shooter' training and exercises. It's basically hide and seek. We hide silently, behind closed and hopefully locked, doors, and let the shooter seek others who weren't locked out of the offices (in hallways, restrooms, break areas, etc). Eventually, we'll be 'rescued'. There's no training added for fighting back, protecting one's self, or even for the aftermath. All said...worthless. And worse, it's a place that doesn't allow CCW, nor any knives beyond certain length.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Yeah we go through this shit every year, in the video it's always a whacked out old white dude with a mullet wearing camo wielding an ak. Why can't it be a black dude with a hi point? Or better yet get realistic with it and have some skinny white kid that looks like he hasn't taken his zombie pills for 4 days with nothing but the liberal agenda and a 9th place ribbon on his mind.

Sonsabitches.

[Eric P]

This class is actually 1.5 hours long and taught by the CDOT safety officer, so no money was wasted on instructors, but lots of wasted time & salary to attend.

The class was not too bad. Some didn't know that state employees could carry while at work. Very puzzled looks when I said if you take out the shooter, to holster the gun before the swat shows up.

[kidicarus13]

RUN. HIDE. FIGHT.® Surviving an Active Shooter Ev…: http://youtu.be/5VcSwejU2D0

This is what they'll watch. Like someone mentioned, common sense for those not armed.