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Dr. Sean Lawler earned his Doctor of Management degree from Colorado Technical University where he concentrated in Homeland Security Studies. Dr. Lawler’s doctoral research focused on methods by which school administrators may disrupt an active shooter event or terrorist attack upon an American school. Dr. Lawler graduated from Strayer University in 1994 with a Master of Science Degree in Business Administration and he is a 1992 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, where he studied engineering, counterterrorism, and national security and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science.
Sean Lawler is a Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). SSA Lawler has conducted international narcotics investigations in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area and he currently is assigned as the DEA Aviation Division’s Training Officer/Chief Instructor Pilot. Additionally, SSA Lawler serves as a DEA Primary Firearms Instructor, Tactical Instructor, Emergency Medical Technician, and Active Shooter Defense Instructor. Prior to joining the DEA, SSA Lawler was a Major in the US Air Force, where he served as an Instructor Pilot and a Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Case Officer and Combat Interrogator. While serving in HUMINT collections, Sean Lawler was a recipient of the Director of Central Intelligence National Exceptional Intelligence Collector’s Award.
Dr. Lawler co-founded 360 Resilience Group with two doctoral cohort members who have a broad range of expertise, including military combat experience, emergency management, and counterterrorism. 360 Resilience Group was founded to provide scientific, evidence-based education and training to organizations to survive extreme adverse situations and mitigate the after-effects, thus aiding recovery and resiliency.
SESSIONS
Fri, Oct 27, 2023
Perceiving the Signal Through the Noise: Evidence-Based Active Shooter Defense Practices
There are a myriad of devices and recommendations which are proposed to schools in the wake of mass-casualty active shooter attacks. However, such things as bullet-proof safe-rooms, balistic-proof backpacks, and common standard methodologies are not feasible, effective, or realistic. The best defense relies upon "human software:" training, mindset, and effective protocols for use during an attack.Participants will learn effective active shooter defense protocols and the science behind why they work.
Learning Objectives
- Learn common cognitive perceptual distortions which occur during life-threatening events..
- Learn evidence-based active-shooter protocols.
- Learn emergency life-saving trauma medical procedures.
- Learn the importance of applying psychological first aid in the aftermath of an incident.
- Learn the importance of scenario-based training.
Participant Outcomes
- Understand that the brain will not function normally when under extreme stress, and this is normal.
- Apply effective active-shooter defense methodologies.
- Apply techniques to stop preventable deaths.
- Apply tenets of psychological first aid.
- Develop scenario-based training exercises.