Active Shooter Checklist

In the event of an active shooter incident on campus,
the Laredo ISD Police Department recommends the following actions be taken:

Secure immediate area:

  • Lock and barricade doors

  • Turn off lights

  • Close blinds

  • Block windows

  • Turn off radios and computer monitors

  • Keep occupants calm, quiet, and out of sight

  • Keep yourself out of sight and take adequate cover/protection i.e. concrete walls, thick desks, filing cabinets (cover may protect you from bullets)

  • Silence cell phones

  • Place signs in exterior windows to identify the location of injured persons

Un-Securing an area:

  • Consider risks before un-securing rooms

  • Remember, a shooter will not stop until engaged by an outside force

  • Remember that attempts to rescue people should only be made if they can be accomplished without further endangering the persons inside a secured area.

  • Consider the safety of masses versus the safety of a few

  • Remember that if doubt exists for the safety of the individuals inside a room, the area should remain secured

Contacting Authorities:

  • Use Emergency 9-1-1

  • Or, call 956-273-1446 or 956-273-1447 LISD Police

    Be aware that the 9-1-1 system may be overwhelmed.

What to Report:

  • Your specific location, including building name and office/room number

  • Number of people at your specific location

  • Injuries, including the number injured, types of injuries

  • Assailant(s), including location, number of suspects, race/gender, clothing description, physical features, type of weapons (long gun or hand gun), backpack, shooters identity if known, separate explosions from gunfire, etc.

Police Response:

  • Objectives are to immediately engage assailant(s)

  • Evacuate victims

  • Facilitate follow up medical care, interviews, counseling

  • Investigate the crime