Active Shooter Survival Training for Government Offices
Built around open public counters, council chambers, and courtrooms. Certified A.L.I.V.E. training and facility risk assessments for municipal, county, and state offices — online, by webinar, or on site.
Built around open public counters, council chambers, and courtrooms. Certified A.L.I.V.E. training and facility risk assessments for municipal, county, and state offices — online, by webinar, or on site.
Why this matters to public agencies
Government buildings carry a risk profile most workplaces don’t share: open public access, elected officials and staff in full view during public meetings, contentious topics like permitting, benefits, or family services playing out at the counter, and often no screening at every entrance. Very few municipal buildings have security at every door, and even where screening exists, it only protects the space behind it.
Everyone who occupies the building has a stake in being prepared — not just department heads, but clerks, permitting and inspection staff, library staff in a shared building, seasonal workers, contracted custodial and security personnel, and the elected officials who sit through public meetings. During an actual event, nobody is checking a badge to decide who gets included.
What a Train & Protect government program covers
- The five-step A.L.I.V.E. method applied to public counters, council chambers, courtrooms, and shared office space
- Decision-making guidance for staff who can’t simply evacuate — a clerk at a counter, a hearing in progress
- Lockdown and safe-rooming procedures for meeting spaces and public hearings
- Communication protocols with agency security, building police, and local law enforcement
- A program built to sit alongside your existing Emergency Operations Plan and Continuity of Operations Plan, not around it
Who this is built for
Municipal, county, and state agency leadership · Facilities and risk management staff · Clerks, permitting, and public-counter staff · Elected officials and council/commission members · Library and shared-building staff
About the A.L.I.V.E. Instructor
Delivered by Ron Colbert, a certified A.L.I.V.E. instructor and USCCA instructor, NRA instructor, Maryland State Police-approved instructor, and Red Cross CPR/First Aid and Stop the Bleed provider. Based in Mount Airy, serving public agencies across the Baltimore–Washington corridor.
Class Formats
Online/On-Demand
Self-paced training that scales consistently across departments and locations.
Live Webinar
A shared session across multiple offices or facilities.
In-Person On-Site
Delivered at your building, addressing your real counters, chambers, and exits.
Facility Risk & Threat Assessment
A walk-through of public entrances, counters, meeting rooms, and rally points, with a written, prioritized list of recommendations.
FAQs
Yes — for agencies with multiple facilities and regular staff turnover, we can discuss a train-the-trainer approach so the material stays current internally.
Yes — training is designed to align with your existing EOP and Continuity of Operations Plan, not replace it.
Yes — meeting spaces are typically the highest-exposure setting in a government building, and training covers lockdown and safe-rooming procedures for them directly.
Yes. Screening protects the space behind it, but most public buildings have entrances or counters that aren’t screened at all, and everyone in the building needs the same decision framework.
