Long Branch School Security EA

Long Branch
Public Schools

School Security
Situational Awareness

“Where Children Matter Most”

Walter J. O’Neill, Jr. Instructor

Retired Police Officer Certified in:
• Elevated Urban Operations
• Anti-terrorist & Hostage Rescue
• Air Assault & High Rise Rappelling
• Sniper
• Sniper Coordinated Entry
• Building Clearing
• Linear Clearing
• Dynamic Clearing
• Multiple Weapons Take Down
• Certificated by Brenau College, Georgia

• Anti-terrorism expert

Martial Arts Expert

• 6th Degree Black (Rokudan) Shotokan Karate
• 6th Degree Black Belt Tae Kwon Do
• United States Olympic Committee & USAKF

Man of theYear 1995
• Retired National Vice President USAKF
• Member of the USA National Team 1985-1987
• 5 Time National Champion
• 5 Time All American
• Winner of the Bronze Cup 1987 World

Championships
• Member of the International Olympic

Committee Karate Organizing Committee
• Member of the USOC Olympic Congress
• Head Coach of the USA National Team 1991-

2000
• USA National Karate Hall of Fame 2015

Homeland Security Certified

Certified by the NJ
Department of Homeland
Security & the NJ State Police

• Certified-Train-the Trainer
• Situational Awareness for

School Security Guards
• The Threat To Schools &

Terrorists Trends & Tactics
• Situational Awareness For

School Bus Drivers
• School Violence
• Protective Measures
• Improvised Explosives

Devices
• IED Awareness/Bomb

Threat Management





Bath, Michigan

Andrew Kehoe

Farmer & Local
School Board Member

He was angry that a property tax was
levied on his farm for the construction of a
new school.

Pay attention to community and school
related issues which caused “heated”
debate, protest or violence

He loaded the school with dynamite

Killed

45 people
58 severely injured

Mostly

2nd to 6th grade

He also detonated a truck bomb
secondary explosion

Main target was the
Superintendent of
Schools

He was able to park his
truck very close to the
school because he was a
BOE Member

Waited for the
Superintendent to arrive
called him over the truck
and blew it up

He burnt down his farm and killed his
wife before the school massacre

He left this sign on his property: “Criminals are made, not born.”
Investigators also found 504 pounds of unexploded dynamite in the basement of

the school’s south wing.

Who are the first responders?



CRISIS & CRITICAL INCIDENTS

There’s already a
major problem,
which we cannot
fix but can only
try, in good faith,

to manage.

WhatYou Cannot Control

Parental Responsibility
Weapons Availability
Gaps in Mental Health
Systems

Violent Video Games

Violence has reached a state of normalcy
Parents need training as much as schools
Do what’s feasible

There is NO profile for school shooters

If there are no profiles……..

BEHAVIOR IS THE TRUTH

Examine behavior, not profiles!

Motives

24% motivated by desire for attention or recognition
27% motivated by suicide or desperation
34% motivated by attempt to solve a problem
54% had multiple motives
61% motivated by desire for revenge
75% felt bullied-persecuted-threatened by others

Statistics

27% of attackers exhibited interest in violent movies
37% of attackers exhibited interest in violence in their own writings,
poems, essays, songs and journal entries

59% of attacks occurred during the school day
63% of attacks had a known history of weapons use

68% acquired the weapon used from their own home or that of a relative
93% of attackers planned out the attack in advance

93% of attackers engaged in some behavior prior to the attack that
caused others to be concerned.
95% of attackers were current students

GOOD NEWS

United States
Secret Service
say that only one in 1
million chance that a
student will die at school
as a result of a violent act.

Pathway to Violence

1. GRIEVANCE
2. IDEATION
3. RESEARCH &

PLANNING
4. PREPARATION
5. BREACH

6. ATTACK

Gang and Profit Motivated Criminal
Violence

International Political Violence

Beslan, Russia on September 1, 2004 over 350 KILLED

Mission Oriented Shooter

Not Defensive or Profit
Motivated Criminality

Premeditated &
Predatory Violence



Mitchell Scott Johnson

Was 7 when his parents divorced. He moved to
Jonesboro, Arkansas with his mom
As a 12 year old he was charged with sexually
assaulting a 3-year old girl. Charge was
expunged because of his age
He was 14 years old on March 24, 1998

Andrew Douglas Golden

Born and raised in Jonesboro
He came from a stable family
He was 12 years old on March 24, 1998

Johnson & Golden

Johnson and Golden became friends riding the bus to school
They were known to bully other students
They talked about becoming members of the Bloods
They talked about smoking marijuana
Johnson claimed to be a member of a “Street Gang”
Johnson stated he wanted to KILL 6th grader Candace Porter his “X Girlfriend”

Golden assisted Johnson in loading up his mother’s Dodge Caravan
with camping supplies, snack foods, and seven (7) weapons.
Two (2) semi-auto rifles
One (1) bolt action rifle
Four (4) handguns
All stolen from Golden’s grandfather

Golden & Johnson drive the van to the Westside Middle School in Jonesboro
Arkansas.

Golden walks into the back of the school (Door was unlocked)
He pulls the fire alarm and runs out the building and joins Johnson who was
on a hill overlooking the back of the Westside Middle School

As the girls gym class left the school for the fire drill and the last student and
teacher were outside and the door closed….

They opened FIRE

They KILLED 5 people

4 female students
KILLED

1 teacher
KILLED

10 wounded

They attempted to
flee, but were
arrested by police

Trail

Johnson read a letter of apology
“We were not going to shoot at anyone in particular. I thought we would
scare them. I am sorry. I hope anyone who listens to these words knows how
truly sorry I am.”

They were found guilty of 5 counts of murder. The Prosecutor stated that if it
was not for their ages, he would have sought the DEATH PENALTY.

August 1998 they were sentenced to confinement until they reached the age
of 21, which was the maximum sentence under Arkansas Law. They were
flown by National Guard helicopter to Alexander, Arkansas the location of
the most secure juvenile facility.

Judge Ralph Wilson commented, “This is a case where the punishment
will not fit the crime.”

Release

Johnson was released on his 21st birthday, 08-11-2005 He spent less than two
(2) years in prison for each murder he committed

Golden was released on his 21st birthday, 05-25-07. His whereabouts were
unknown until he applied for a concealed weapons permit in Arkansas on 10-
07-2008 using the new name of Drew Douglas Grant. He was denied.

Johnson was arrested on 01-07-07 by the ATF on MV stop, he was carrying a
loaded 9mm handgun and 21.2 grams of marijuana. In the van was Justin
Trammell, 22. They met at the Youth Detention Center, Trammell killed his
father with a crossbow when he was 15. Trammell & Johnson lived together
in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Johnson in 2008 stole a credit card and was busted for dugs. He is back
behind bars and will not be released until he is in his 30’s.

Kip Kinkel
15 years old

Springfield, Oregon

2 students at
Thurston HS
KILLED

22 wounded

May 20, 1998 he took a loaded firearm to school.
After he returned home from the police station
he got his father’s Ruger semi-automatic rife and
shot both his parents.

May 21, 1998 he drove his mother’s car to
Thurston High School. Wearing a long trench
coat, he entered the cafeteria and began
shooting at students with the rifle.

As he was reloading his rifle, Kinkel was tackled
by seven (7) students who held him until police
arrived.

The arresting officer was shocked what he found:
Coat was full of knives, bullets and gun
magazines.

Kinkel was sentenced to 111 years in prison

Columbine High School, Jefferson County, Colorado

Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold

1996 Harris created a website on America Online which was a host site for the video
game Doom.

He also started a blog talking about parents, school and friends. By the end of 1996 he
was talking about causing mischief and gave directions on how to make a bomb

1997 the blog started showing anger & hate. Back in 97 the internet was nothing like
today, and they didn’t have many followers.

However one friend, Brooks Brown, told his mother about the site. She contacted the
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, as the Harris site had made several death threats
leveled at teachers, students and Brooks Brown.

Investigator Michael Guerra found evidence of threats and statements that Harris and
Klebold possessed bombs. Guerra drafted a search warrant for the homes of both
killers, but it was never filed in 1997.

01-30-98 both were arrested for stealing tools and equipment from a parked van. They
were sentenced to juvenile diversion. Both had to take anger management.

Both had journals and videos showing they wanted to have a major bombing that would
rival the Oklahoma City event.

Oklahoma City, April 19, 1995

168 KILLED, more than 800 injured @ the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building

Harris and Klebold were able to purchase guns, explosives & ammunition. They
documented everything on video. The FBI has sealed all those videos.

Purchased 9mm guns, 12 gauge shotguns, rifle and made 99 improvised devices.
They sawed off the barrels and butts of the shotguns

The day of the massacre: Harris was armed with a 12 gauge shotgun he fired that gun
25 times. He also had a Hi-Point 995 Carbine 9mm with 13 ten round magazines. He
fired this weapon 96 times

Klebold was armed with a 9mm Tec 9 semi automatic. He had several magazines
(taped together combat style) he also had a 12 gauge double barrel shotgun. He fired
the Tec 9 a total of 55 times.

11:14am the two set off a bomb (timer) in a field 3 miles from Columbine HS,
This was a diversion to pull police away from the HS area. However, police
and fire quickly extinguish the fire

11:10am they both arrive at Columbine HS in separately. Harris parks in the
junior lot at the south entrance, while Klebold parks in the senior lot at the
west entrance.

The cafeteria with its long outside wall with glass windows and ground level
doors was between the two cars.



They meet at Harris’s car and armed two 20-pound propane bombs. They put them in
a duffle bags and walk into the school. They place the bags in the cafeteria and walk
back outside to the individual cars.

The bomb was set to explode at 11:17am. At that time over 500 students would have
been in the cafeteria eating. The plan was for the bomb to collapse the building and
the two would shoot the fleeing students and arriving police and first responders.

Neil Gardner was the SRO for Columbine HS, he usually ate his lunch at that time in
the cafeteria. However, this day he went to his marked patrol car and had his lunch
overlooking what the students called the smoking pit.

In the parking lot Harris was approached by Brooks Brown, and it appeared that they
had patched up their dispute. Brown was shocked to see Harris as he was absent from
an important test that day. Harris told Brown, “I like you now. Get out of here.”

11:19am when the bomb didn’t explode, Harris and Klebold meet and walked
together into the school. They were wearing the long black trench coats

Propane bombs: undetected



They pulled the guns out from under the coats and opened fire on two 17-year old
students who had been sitting next to the glass west entrance. Rachel Scott was
hit four (4) times and died. Richard Castaldo was hit eight (8) times and is now
paralyzed from the waist down.

Harris removes his jacket and aims his 9mm carbine down the west staircase. He
shoots and hits three (3) students (they live). He then opened fire on a group of
students outside the school sitting in a grass area (2) were hit (they live)

Klebold walked down the steps back to the cafeteria and shot Lance Kirklin in the
face (he lives). Police think Klebold went back to check on the unexploded bomb.
Klebold then walked back upstairs.

The two were shooting at students and tossing pipe bombs. Most didn’t explode.

Teacher Patti Nielson & student Brian Anderson go out in the hallway to see what
the noise was all about. As the open the first of the two double doors, Harris and
Klebold open fire. Nielson is hit in the shoulder with glass and runs back to the
library and tells the students to hide. Anderson was caught between the doors.

11:22am Gardner gets a radio call that someone was down in the school
parking lot. He drove his marked patrol car to the area. He saw what he
thought was a person hit by a car on the ground. As he went to check on the
person, Harris saw him from his elevated position on the staircase and opened
fire. Gardner was 60 yards away, and he returned fire.

During that gun exchange, Anderson was able to escape and hide in a
classroom

11:20am 52 students, 2 teachers and 2 librarians were hiding in the library. As
the two killers approached the library they were throwing bombs, which
exploded and caused damage to the lockers and walls.

11:29am they enter the library.

Harris: “Everyone with hats, stand up. This is for all the shit you’ve given us for
the past four years and all you jocks stand up, we’ll get the guys in the white
hats.”

When nobody answered or stood up, Harris said; “Fine I’ll just start shooting.”

First student shot was Evan Todd, who was under a desk. He was injured

They walked to the opposite side of the library where the computers were located

They put down the duffle bags they carried, loaded with ammunition. They reloaded.

Harris looks out the window and saw the police evacuating students from the windows
and yells; “Let’s kill some cops.” Both open fire on the police and students outside.
Police return fire

Klebold fires his shotgun at a table injuring 3 students.

Harris walked to the lower row of computer desks and fired a single shot without
looking. He killed Steven Conrow, 14.

Harris then fired at another desk where he injured Kacey Ruegsegger.

Harris then walks to another table and knelt down. He said “Peek-a-Boo” to Cassie
Bernall, 17. He then Killed her with a shot her in the had. He was holding his
shotgun with one hand, the recoil forced the gun back into his face breaking his
nose.

Harris then stood up and with a bloody nose walked to a table where Bree
Pasquale was sitting. She was frozen in fear to even hide under the table. Harris
started taunting her, asking is she wanted to die.

Patrick Ireland was under a desk and was going to help Makai Hall was shoot in the
knee. As Patrick peaked above the desk to see what was going on, Klebold shot
him twice in the head (he lives)

As Harris was about to shoot Bree Pasquale, Klebold yells “Reb, I found a nigger”

Klebold and Harris then knelt down at a table where Isaiah Shoels (18) , Mathew Kechter
(16) and Craig Scott (16) brother of Rachel…the first student killed. They taunted Isaiah
and Matthew.

Harris makes a contact shot to the chest of Isaiah Killing him
while Klebold killed Matthew. Craig, laid in the blood and pretended to be dead.

They walked around the library and continued shooting at desks. They reloaded again,
and Harris looked up and saw a student named John Savage, who was a friend of Klebold.
Savage asked if they were going to kill him, Klebold allowed Savage to leave.

11:35am they had killed 10 in the library, wounded 12 of the 56. They said that they were
tired of shooting people, maybe they should try using a knife.

11:36am they left the library

For the next 32 minutes they walked the halls of Columbine shooting at people and
throwing bombs. They did not kill any additional people.

12:08pm the first SWAT Team enters the building