{"id":20965,"date":"2017-09-15T09:41:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=20965"},"modified":"2017-09-15T09:41:59","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T14:41:59","slug":"postal-service-what-to-do-in-an-active-shooter-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/09\/15\/postal-service-what-to-do-in-an-active-shooter-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Postal Service: What to do in an \u2018active shooter\u2019 situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20966 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/USPS-Inspection-Service.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/USPS-Inspection-Service.jpg 445w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/USPS-Inspection-Service-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/USPS-Inspection-Service-124x90.jpg 124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Employees who have questions about active shooter guidelines<\/em><br \/>\n<em>can contact the Postal Inspection Service.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>To help mark\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2017\/08\/31\/are-you-ready-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Preparedness Month<\/a><\/em>, the Postal Service is reminding employees what to do in an \u201cactive shooter\u201d situation.<\/p>\n<p>USPS is not aware of any specific threats against the organization.<\/p>\n<p>An active shooter is anyone who kills or attempts to kill people in a confined and populated area, typically using firearms. Active shooters can be anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals who find themselves in an active shooter situation should remember these guidelines:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Call out<\/strong>. Communicate the threat to everyone by shouting, phoning and texting \u201cShooter in the building, escape now!\u201d or \u201cActive shooter, run!\u201d Call 911 when it\u2019s safe to do so.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Get out<\/strong>. Have an escape route and plan that can accommodate people with disabilities. Leave your belongings behind. Keep your hands visible when law enforcement arrives. Don\u2019t wait for approval to move quickly out of the area.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Hide out<\/strong>. If you can\u2019t escape, hide in an area out of the shooter\u2019s sight. Lock doors and block entry to the hiding place. Silence cell phones and all electronics. When it\u2019s safe, get out.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Take out<\/strong>. If your life is in danger and you have no way to escape or hide, incapacitate or overpower the shooter by whatever means necessary as a last resort.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about these guidelines, call the Postal Inspection Service at 877-876-2455.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blue.usps.gov\/nationalpreparedness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>USPS National Preparedness site<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has tips for other emergencies, while the\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eap4you.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Employee Assistance Program site<\/a><\/em>\u00a0offers additional resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employees who have questions about active shooter guidelines can contact the Postal Inspection Service. To help mark\u00a0National Preparedness Month, the Postal Service is reminding employees what to do in an \u201cactive shooter\u201d situation. USPS is not aware of any specific threats against the organization. An active shooter is anyone who kills or attempts to kill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20967,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20965\/revisions\/20967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}