As Chairman of Public Safety for County Legislature over the last 4 years, father of four kids in the district (three recently graduated) and the husband of an employee, thank you for the investments of time and resources to improve everyone’s safety. It’s an unfortunate and deeply troubling issue, but I can’t think of anything more worthwhile. While everyone in the country debates ideas to solve the problem, it’s great to see your team doing things to make a difference in the here and now—that’s what leaders do.

As the challenge of school safety becomes more important than ever, I can only say positive things about the highly professional and empowering services of Armoured One LLC. Their recent presentations at Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES offered historical context on the issue of school violence as well as practical, pro-active advice to help our staff become more informed and better prepared in the event of a school emergency. The professionals at Armoured One LLC demonstrated their true concern for students and staff and shared their wealth of expertise in a clear and sensitive way. I highly recommend them for any educational setting.

It was needed and timely! One of the most useful professional workshops in 25+ years!

It was honestly probably one of the best trainings I've ever had as a teacher. While it's sad that I even have to be trained on such things, it has completely changed how I will react in a lockdown / active shooter situation. Being so hands on was imperative to learning the material and helping us to understand what works and what doesn't. Phenomenally done. Thank you.

The training was very clear and concise. It fostered the survivor mindset that is so critical in these types of events. The addition of barricade to Run-Hide-Fight was essential. It speaks to schools specifically which sets this training apart from others that are more generalized.

I would like to thank Armoured One LLC for allowing me to go through this course and for all you are doing to keep our students safe!

Very clear and thorough. Not scary or gory, but yet not watered down. Good material for all level of employees.

The training was clear and very professional. Lots of information to help improve any active shooter plan.

The course was well delivered. Having video and or demonstrations really drives home the need for training.

The Armoured One LLC team continues to impress me. Each member of their staff seems to so comfortably find the appropriate level of humor and lightness to balance the tone of such a somber, sad topic. They are fantastic at not just presenting information, explaining statistics, and introducing tactics, but also at making the data accessible to people who do not work in law enforcement (like me!) and the strategies seem actually DOABLE. The idea of an active shooter situation is obviously so terrifying, and that's not going to change. But at least feeling like we have the right tools to respond is *something.* I'd attend as many trainings as Armoured One LLC offers to Starpoint, without a second thought.

I would like to thank Armoured One LLC for allowing me to go through this course and for all you are doing to keep our students safe!

The presentation was very well done. I went into this with a pretty negative mindset and some anger and resentment that this is something we have to learn and do as teachers, and the way the information was presented, not with scare tactics or fear mongering, but fact based evidence, and I came out of it with a sense of empowerment.

I was extremely apprehensive about this training and the instructor in our room made me feel empowered while also being empathetic. I would highly recommend this training to others, and would like to continue this training at Central Square.

Thank you - several staff had expressed concerns as soon as we learned of the training but I think it was very well done and a good introduction to 1) the idea of us being the first line of response 2) common, everyday actions that we can take to simply prepare ourselves if something does hit the fan. I would like to see this type of training mandatory across the state right along with DASA and our Right to Know trainings.

Training was a real eye opener - I think all school employees should have a similar training.

The Active Shooter class was excellent! Content gave lots of pause for thought about what I’d do in the event of something here at work, but you also emphasized that this training is important regardless of location. The instructor did a terrific job walking us through the data and planning steps.