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$2.7B Active Shooter Drill industry

2020-09-05 19:15:56.26327+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

No shit: ‘We were not okay.’ Active shooter drills may do more harm than good, study shows.

Meanwhile, for-profit companies charge schools thousands of dollars for the training, making the active shooter drill industry worth an estimated $2.7 billion — “all in pursuit of a practice that, to date, is not evidence-based,” according to the researchers. [emphasis mine]

The Impact of Active Shooter Drills in Schools — Time to Rethink Reactive School Safety Strategies

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