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Jen Miller (left) and Robin Chafitz learn how to disarm an attacker.
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your brain doesn’t have that habit established. It’s not automatic, and you panic, and you don’t know what to do,” Goloskov said. “The more you practice, the more your brain knows what to do in that kind of situation.” Blankchtein hopes that more teachers and administrators will follow suit. After opening his business in 2007, which works with law enforcement and security teams across the country, Blankchtein says he’s been contracted
Vince Spera uses Dina Dresin to demonstrate how a perpetrator might aim a weappon
by schools that seek to proactively prepare their teachers. However, Sunday’s event was the first he’s offered to local educators and school support staff for free. He added that while many schools have evacuation and sheltering policies, few groom staff members to handle scenarios where a shooter is standing right in front of them. Sunday, he said, was a first step. “It’s not getting any better out
there. It’s always going to be a violent culture, and it’s getting worse,” Blankchtein said. “[School staffers] don’t have to be victims. If that moment comes and they have a choice to make … we want them to become sheep dogs, protectors. We want them to become the ones who stand against the wolf and protect the people around them.” JT David Snyder is a JT staff reporter dsnyder@jewishtimes.com
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Logan Tauson (left) rips a replica handgun from mock attacker Katie Murtagh.
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