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Tessa Barrier

Manager, Meeting and Events

MHI

Lockdown International provided an informative & incredibly useful training for our company.  No one wants to think about gun violence & mass shootings, but the reality is that this is now a part of our world & we should all be thinking through how to survive in such a horrific situation.  Lockdown provides a very comprehensive, well thought out plan that anyone can implement should the worst happen and does it in as appropriate a way as possible.  They aren’t trying to scare anyone, but rather give everyone tools to use that will aid in survival should anyone be caught in an active shooter situation.  I highly recommend this training!

Tessa Barrier

Manager, Meeting and Events

MHI

BB&T Insurance Services training consultant collaborated with training facilitators at Lockdown International to secure a date for the training.  Months after attending the training, an attempted burglary occurred at one of the client’s locations.  The front desk employee saw a suspicious character and called 911, in addition to alerting the staff.  Recalling important points from the training, the employee advised all housekeepers to lock themselves in hotel rooms and then locked herself in the office until the police officers arrived and arrested the suspects.  As a result of attending the training, everyone acted quickly, calmly, and confidently under a potentially dangerous, stressful situation. The associates indicated they were not sure how they would have responded if they had not participated in the valuable training provided.

Leslie Greene
Assistant Head of School
Montessori School of Columbia

The ABC's Training was extremely beneficial for our school community and left our teachers and staff feeling informed, confident, and prepared. We appreciate the training being interactive and sensitive to the nature of the content. The entire process was well organized and felt tailored to our school community.  We will definitely continue to work with Lockdown International in the future.

Lockdown International provided us with their Workplace Violence and Warning Signs training. The training met the needs of our multiple facility organization and the challenges we all face with the possibility of workplace violence. Seth DiSanto was professional and personable, and he presented the course so that everyone could identify the signs of workplace violence and what actions to take. We appreciate the training and recommend Lockdown International to those looking for courses in workplace violence and other hostile threat scenarios.

Timothy McGinnis

Safety, Health, and Risk Manager

Autobell Carwash

BB&T Insurance Services training consultant collaborated with training facilitators at Lockdown International to secure a date for the training.  Months after attending the training, an attempted burglary occurred at one of the client’s locations.  The front desk employee saw a suspicious character and called 911, in addition to alerting the staff.  Recalling important points from the training, the employee advised all housekeepers to lock themselves in hotel rooms and then locked herself in the office until the police officers arrived and arrested the suspects.  As a result of attending the training, everyone acted quickly, calmly, and confidently under a potentially dangerous, stressful situation. The associates indicated they were not sure how they would have responded if they had not participated in the valuable training provided.

A counselor at my school has a son at UNCC. He was in one of the buildings at UNCC on Tuesday when the shooting started. After our training last week, his mom had shared with her family that night some of what you taught us. When the shooting started and the school got the alert, he immediately called his mom to ask her what to do. His mom talked him through what to do and even had him send a picture of the type of door they had. Using the picture, she then talked him through how to secure it using the steps you gave. She then had him and others in the room use furniture to barricade the door and find items they could use to fight and defend themselves, if necessary. Thankfully, her son and those with him were not hurt.

Leisa Christian

Principal

Northeast Middle School

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BB&T Insurance Services training consultant collaborated with training facilitators at Lockdown International to secure a date for the training.  Months after attending the training, an attempted burglary occurred at one of the client’s locations.  The front desk employee saw a suspicious character and called 911, in addition to alerting the staff.  Recalling important points from the training, the employee advised all housekeepers to lock themselves in hotel rooms and then locked herself in the office until the police officers arrived and arrested the suspects.  As a result of attending the training, everyone acted quickly, calmly, and confidently under a potentially dangerous, stressful situation. The associates indicated they were not sure how they would have responded if they had not participated in the valuable training provided.

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I teach one day a week at UNCC, and it happens to be Tuesdays. Thanks to Sergeant Kopp's training last summer, we knew what to do tonight when the alert came out. We were in our classroom early and chatting. When the alert came out, one student wanted to run, and we said Godspeed. Because of where the classroom is (a basement), the rest of us felt safer there than out in public. We barricaded the doors with tables and chairs, and finally remembered to turn off the lights. Thanks to Sergeant Kopp, we felt empowered and ready to do battle.

Ellen Ritterskamp

Professor, UNCC

I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your contribution to the EHSI Safety Leadership Conference at Cape Fear Community College on April 27-29.  The instruction that you provided was one of the main reasons why this conference was such a huge success and so well received by the participants.  The feedback we received from attendees was 100% positive and we share your enthusiasm to increase awareness and put in place Active Shooter procedures and plans at all of the NC Community Colleges.  We appreciate your time and professionalism and look forward to having you speak at future conferences.

J. Allen  McCullough

Director, CEM RET MESH

Environment Health and Safety Institute

"As a veteran police officer serving with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for 30 years and serving on SWAT for 7 years, I know tactics.  The ABC’s of Active Survival is the most tactically sound Active Shooter training in the country to date.  In addition to being tactically sound and having trained over 13,000 teachers and administrators with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system I can say that this training is the most logical and easiest for average people to understand, remember, and apply in the heat and panic of an Active Shooting event.  That is why the second largest school system in the state of North Carolina will only use the ABC’s of Active Survival from Lockdown International."

Detective William W. Eubank

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Police Department

"At the recent Active Survival Training, ABC'S  (Avoid, Barricade, Counter, Survive) by Lockdown International we experienced the perfect safety barometer test our organization needed.  The training was informative and instructional, it gave us clear next steps in our efforts to continue to keep our campuses and attenders as safe as possible in difficult situations that could arise.

 

From volunteers to senior leadership everyone left the training with an A, B, C or S we can immediately apply to our professional or personal lives wherever and whenever an emergency could arise.  The instructors Bob and Seth, where very approachable and no question was a "wrong" question.  Questions led to more explanations and answers we need here at The Cove.  With the ABC'S training we came away with immediate items to implement and more clear next steps to make our campuses safer for all who attend." 

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Eric Johnson

Pastor - The Cove Church

"Yesterday was very beneficial! I left feeling that I was armed with a better understanding and skills to survive if ever needed in the event of an active shooter incident. I went straight home and told my husband about the training and some of the tactics we were shown. Thank you for equipping us with the potential to save lives! The Active Survival training was awesome.  It was very helpful! I learned a lot especially grateful for the bomb threat information reviewed in the Building Captain’s meeting. 

 

I thought Bob Cooke with Lockdown International, and the message was wonderful!  This information was much needed to appeal and shake up our senses that we don't normally use in order to come more aware that our college could be another Columbine one day.....not just at school, but everywhere a person needs to be aware of their surroundings, people, their actions and the warning signs that a person shows that might be leading up to a horrible incident.

 

When it comes to safety, I like being proactive. It does not need to be downplayed because someone is "sensitive". Being "sensitive" and keeping vital information to yourself about someone's unstableness or obsessions because it might be "upsetting", can get you and others killed. Every employee, whether they like it or not, needs to realize today's reality of how quick things can go South. We do not live in a Mayberry town anymore and should not pretend we still do... 

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 Very eye-opening class. " 

We chose Lockdown International active threat training because it offered lessons learned from previous incidents to drive home the importance of training. It also provides training on the importance of being able to make a good choices during an incident, choosing action options, and saving lives through active engagement from everyone in the situation.

Matthew Needham, MESH

Director of Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Randolph Community College

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