Active Shooter Preparedness

We look forward to Officer Deana Lansing's presentation on Active Shooter Preparedness on Thursday January 30, 2020.

The threat of an active shooter attack is rare but very real. We aim to eradicate the “It can’t happen to me” mentality and change the way people everywhere respond to armed intruders. We believe that individuals should be prepared for active shooter events and empowered to make their own life-saving decisions. Once empowered to make their own life-saving decisions, individuals must be trained in proactive active shooter response options, rather than a passive, mandated, one-size-fits-all response. We want all Americans to have the knowledge and skills to survive when shots are fired. We can achieve this by training as many people as possible and implementing training in drill form across all organizations. We have seen the successful results of fire drills. It’s time to start anticipating man-made disasters.

Deana Lansing was appointed a Neighborhood Resource Officer by Kirkland Police Chief Cherie Harris  in 2017. Officer Lansing started out her career as a police officer about 14 years prior to that in California before transferring to Federal Way. She has been an officer with the Kirkland Police Department for nearly ten years, of which four years were in the Investigations unit.  As the Neighborhood Resource Officer, Ofc. Lansing’s duties include attending neighborhood meetings, teaching children and adults about safety, conducting safety assessments of resident’s property, assisting with homeless outreach and coordinating events such as National Night Out and the Citizens Academy.  Officer Lansing has many other interests and activities when not working as a police officer. Read more about  her here.