An alert congregant and an off-duty officer stopped a heavily armed man carrying a notebook of church and school addresses before he could act in High Point, North Carolina.
Thank you once again Keith for keeping us updated on events like this and giving us your expert feedback. Praying for all defenders to have the Lord’s wisdom and discernment to protect their flock! 🙏🏼👍 Stay strong and stay
The Army teaches situational awareness. This applies to the church parking lot. This briefing on this incident will help me be more aware as I make my rounds at church.
I want you to go to Christian Warrior Training and watch the video Keith put together about the right way and the wrong way to approach a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot. If you haven't seen it yet, or this would be a good time to review.
Perhaps not each and every one, esp of regular congregants, team members, etc. But, loitering strangers, yes, especially if certain visual clues are discernible.
Do you think this was unfolding to be a ramming attack being he had all that various gear in his truck? especially the flamethrowers. No way he carries all of that gear.
or
Is he a disorganized paranoid drug user that didn't think this all the way through?
Didn't know if you had any more data to lead you one way or the other on this. We may possibly never know.
I have no extra info. I honestly think this is a drugged out mentally ill (or demonically possessed) person. With this type of person, you cannot predict their intentions. They can’t even figure out what they are doing next.
Unfortunately our elders stopped our parking lot patrols and took away our coms. On the bright side, our team has a very clear view of the parking lot from the worship hall and front entrance.
Excellent, Keith - Thank you! Early detection with structured, immediate engagement are key to mitigating the risk of a mass casualty event. If our security infrastructure presents a hardened target posture (at least harder than others), we may, without even knowing it, push our church off the bad guys list ("Deter" - the first of the 5 D's of security). We need to become the church a bad guy doesn't want to target. We must operate with an assumption that we're being surveilled by some person or group regardless of their ideology or motive. The practice of the Plus1 rule is important (here pointing to additional weapons and tactical rigging) - Let's remind our teams to also assume another assailant (Plus1) until we've verified otherwise.
I greatly appreciate your informative email briefings. I have been homebound and unable to attend physical church for about 16 years. I do faithfully attend church online. I take your briefings very seriously and I forward them to friends, acquaintances, ministry workers, etc on my email list with the STRICT INSTRUCTIONS (or strong suggestions, I should say) to immediately show the newsletter to their pastors, rabbi, congregation leaders and/or security teams. It seems as if people are not taking the situation seriously. I live in a city where there have been several incidents of violence concerning pastors, church workers or church sites. I take situations seriously because I am an avid reader and I see where conditions from previous periods in history are being replicated in our society now. Example, the pre-WWII situation in Nazi Germany led to the Holocaust of Jewish individuals and other groups. And that is not the only genocide in recent history. There are many and they are all tragic. It is difficult to deal with the apathy of people now. However I will print up this latest article and "snail mail" it to a few pastors I know personally. Hopefully they will not lay it aside. Thank you for your diligence and your ministry. It is much needed and appreciated by many.
Thank you once again Keith for keeping us updated on events like this and giving us your expert feedback. Praying for all defenders to have the Lord’s wisdom and discernment to protect their flock! 🙏🏼👍 Stay strong and stay
The Army teaches situational awareness. This applies to the church parking lot. This briefing on this incident will help me be more aware as I make my rounds at church.
This is the exact reason to train for head shots. A LOT!!!
Hopefully, won’t need to take one if the potential threat is addressed early
Do you think law enforcement has alerted all the churches and schools on his list? Do you think he is a part of a larger group testing soft targets?
I want you to go to Christian Warrior Training and watch the video Keith put together about the right way and the wrong way to approach a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot. If you haven't seen it yet, or this would be a good time to review.
Yes.. that's a good one!
Great information and yes, a sad reality we must be ready for a multilayered and possibly multiple attacker scenario. God bless you for what you do.
One more reason to inspect each car in your parking lot, especially watching for persons in vehicles!!!!
Perhaps not each and every one, esp of regular congregants, team members, etc. But, loitering strangers, yes, especially if certain visual clues are discernible.
Keith, Thoughts?
Do you think this was unfolding to be a ramming attack being he had all that various gear in his truck? especially the flamethrowers. No way he carries all of that gear.
or
Is he a disorganized paranoid drug user that didn't think this all the way through?
Didn't know if you had any more data to lead you one way or the other on this. We may possibly never know.
in His service,
Steve
I have no extra info. I honestly think this is a drugged out mentally ill (or demonically possessed) person. With this type of person, you cannot predict their intentions. They can’t even figure out what they are doing next.
But, with that said, it’s people like this that carry out violent events.
Thank you Keith from a very small church pastor.
Way to be engaged in this important area, Pastor Brown...
A great example of why our church security team has an exterior patrol of the entire campus constantly monitoring both foot and vehicle activity. Ron.
Unfortunately our elders stopped our parking lot patrols and took away our coms. On the bright side, our team has a very clear view of the parking lot from the worship hall and front entrance.
Tell your elders you are looking for kids left in cars (another reason for parking lot checks)! They can't easily say no to that.
I'm curious what "stopped our parking lot patrols" means... Did they forbid it, or just not support it?
They forbid it
Oh wow... Sorry Mike... What was their rationale if you don't mind me asking?
They were concerned that the security team member would be missing part of the sermon while patrolling the parking lot.
?
Ignorance is bliss...
Excellent, Keith - Thank you! Early detection with structured, immediate engagement are key to mitigating the risk of a mass casualty event. If our security infrastructure presents a hardened target posture (at least harder than others), we may, without even knowing it, push our church off the bad guys list ("Deter" - the first of the 5 D's of security). We need to become the church a bad guy doesn't want to target. We must operate with an assumption that we're being surveilled by some person or group regardless of their ideology or motive. The practice of the Plus1 rule is important (here pointing to additional weapons and tactical rigging) - Let's remind our teams to also assume another assailant (Plus1) until we've verified otherwise.
For large congregations , large parking areas without HD cameras ,perhaps a quality drone would be an asset.
I greatly appreciate your informative email briefings. I have been homebound and unable to attend physical church for about 16 years. I do faithfully attend church online. I take your briefings very seriously and I forward them to friends, acquaintances, ministry workers, etc on my email list with the STRICT INSTRUCTIONS (or strong suggestions, I should say) to immediately show the newsletter to their pastors, rabbi, congregation leaders and/or security teams. It seems as if people are not taking the situation seriously. I live in a city where there have been several incidents of violence concerning pastors, church workers or church sites. I take situations seriously because I am an avid reader and I see where conditions from previous periods in history are being replicated in our society now. Example, the pre-WWII situation in Nazi Germany led to the Holocaust of Jewish individuals and other groups. And that is not the only genocide in recent history. There are many and they are all tragic. It is difficult to deal with the apathy of people now. However I will print up this latest article and "snail mail" it to a few pastors I know personally. Hopefully they will not lay it aside. Thank you for your diligence and your ministry. It is much needed and appreciated by many.
What is the RACE Framework?
RACE stands for Recognize, Alert, Close, Eliminate — CWT’s active shooter doctrine.
I believe it is based on the cyber security framework as applicable here... Research, Assess, Communicate, Execute... if I am off, someone let me know