A friend of mine has gotten certified and is an ALICE trainer. I had never heard of this before, but its tactics to help teachers who may be trapped in a school shooter type situation.
I'm all for preparation.
I've been asked to be the bad guy. I can do crazy - mess up the hair a bit and they tell me I look like Charles Manson. But the question is, how do I make this simulation as real as possible? Because my goal is to make the participants feel as closely as they would in a real situation.
So, I'm getting a variety of airsoft guns. And I'm preparing my lunatic trash talk script. I think a prerecorded CD of random screams and pistol shots would be a nice touch. I'll see if I can get someone to cut the lights for me at random, but I don't think that's gonna be a possibility.
The question is, what else can I add?
Mark