Avoid | Deny | Defend™ - It Matters.

Avoid | Deny | Defend™

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Since 2002, the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT)™ Program at Texas State University has been used to train law enforcement officers across the nation in how to rapidly respond to dangerous active threat situations. Over the years we’ve seen response times shorten and the capabilities of law enforcement increase. As a result of increased public awareness, many citizens have asked what individuals can do protect themselves and reduce the dangers faced during one of these events. Avoid | Deny |Defend™ has been developed as an easy to remember method for individuals to follow. As we’ve seen that hiding and hoping isn’t a very effective strategy.

Watch the Avoid Deny Defend Video below on You Tube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0It68YxLQQ) for an 11.5 minute overview of how to save your life in an Active Shooter Event. What You Do Matters.

On the following pages, you will learn more about this vital program:
Avoid Deny Defend™: The intuitive, easy-to-remember three step plan for survival in the event of an active shooter event or other public acts of violence.
In The Community: Not just for the workplace, ADD is an important skill to share with community groups, churches, and other organizations. Spread the word.
Frequently Asked Questions: A list of common questions about the training - why ADD?
Media Inquiries: Information for media and others who seek a deeper background into who we are and how the program developed.
Resources: Training materials, posters, flyers, research findings and other important survival tools.
Contact: For more information about Avoid Deny Defend ™ or the ALERRT Center at Texas State, and the Gold Standard for Active Shooter Response, please contact us.

Law Enforcement: Request A Class: We are funded for a limited number of Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events Train the Trainer classes each year - through which we train law enforcement officers to go out into the community and teach civilians how to response to active shooter events. Please click here to request training.

The ALERRT™ Center at Texas State University:
Since 2002, we have trained more than 85,000 law enforcement officers in 49 states and the District of Columbia in the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) ™ standard for active shooter response, primarily through federal and state funding. The demand for ALERRT™ classes is much greater than funding allows each year. The ALERRT™ train the trainer program has proven to be a successful way to deliver this vital program to first responders and allow agencies to continue with the training each year.
Law enforcement officers and agencies are frequently requested by schools, businesses, and community members for direction and presentations on what they should do if confronted with an active shooter event. The Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE) course, designed and built on the Avoid Deny Defend™ strategy developed by ALERRT™ in 2004, provides strategies, guidance and a proven plan for surviving an active shooter event. Topics include the history and prevalence of active shooter events, the role of professional guardians, civilian response options, medical issues, and drills.

,Contact ADD@ALERRT.org for more information.
Individuals Are Not Authorized To Sell, Charge or Otherwise Profit
from instructing or presenting the Avoid Deny Defend® protocol to the community.
Successfully completing the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT)® Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE) Train the Trainer course does not allow participants to certify other law enforcement professions or individual as CRASE instructors. CRASE participants and others who learn the Avoid-Deny-Defend® protocol are authorized to deliver this information through their agencies or in a volunteer capacity, and are not allowed or authorized to sell, charge or otherwise profit from instructing or presenting the ALERRT® CRASE course material and/or Avoid Deny Defend®. This training was developed and delivered through federal and state grant funds, and cannot be used for profit or income by end users. ALERRT® and Avoid Deny Defend® are registered trademarks owned by Texas State University and the Texas State University System. The content of all ALERRT courses are copyright protected and are the intellectual property of ALERRT at Texas State University. Any for-profit or commercial use of vital information without express written permission of the ALERRT Center at Texas State University is punishable under intellectual property laws and the US Criminal Code provisions.

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