Event Details

Active Threat Preparedness

Join us to learn key techniques for active threats. Get to know the warning signs, threat motives, and de-escalation techniques.

Learning Objective:

Active Threat Survival Training

• Best Practices: Members will be taught simple and memorable techniques for surviving an active threat situation, using case studies to illustrate effective and ineffective responses from past events.

Understanding Threat Motivations and Prevention

• Behavioral Analysis: Training on how to interpret a potential attacker's body language and assess verbal and non-verbal cues.

De-Escalation Techniques

• Motives and Warning Signs: An overview of common motives and ideologies behind active threats, including how to identify warning signs and the appropriate intervention paths.
• Conflict Resolution: Instruction on brief de-escalation methods for dealing with irritable and irrational people.

Intuition and Fear Response

• Leveraging Intuition: Emphasis on the importance of listening to one's intuition during an active threat, understanding how fear responses can aid in survival, and strategies to manage worry and anxiety through mental preparedness.
• Situational Awareness: Tools and techniques to enhance situational awareness.

Reading Body Language and Verbal Cues

• This training ensures that you are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to respond effectively to potential threats, enhancing overall safety and preparedness within the facility.

Presenter:

Drew Moldenhauer is the Owner and Master Instructor of Blue Ethos Specialized Training. He is an international speaker and has spoken at several conferences on various topics.

Drew has 16+ years of Law Enforcement Officer experience with two police organizations in Minnesota. He has held titles in his tenure: Active Shooter Instructor, Use of Force Instructor, Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Instructor, and Field Training Officer. He is currently a full-time licensed police officer that works part-time with the City of Osseo Police Department.

He holds a Master’s Degree of Science in Public Safety Executive Leadership from St. Cloud State University. He is an Adjunct Professor at Hamline University, Concordia St-Paul University, Metropolitan State University, Normandale Community College, and Hennepin Technical College. He just finished a year of full-time teaching at Bemidji State University. He teaches various classes and is active in teaching at the police academy.

Meeting Details: 

• Lunch and Networking available beginning at 11:30 am (lunch provided for in-person attendees)
• CDHRA Business & Announcements will begin at 11:45 am
• The speaker will begin at 12:00 noon

Bring-a-guest: Invite a guest to this meeting by adding them to the in-person sign-up or Zoom Sign up and receive their first meeting for free. 

Virtual Meeting Sign Up (Zoom)

Meeting Registration - Zoom

Nonmembers/guests: $10.00 (Pay Here)

To attend this lunch meeting in-person at the Bismarck-Mandan Chamber EDC office located at 1640 Burnt Boat Drive in Bismarck, register below:

In-Person Meeting Sign Up (Register by February 21) CDHRA: CDHRA February 2025 In-Person Meeting Sign Up