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Louis J. Rapoli was a career law enforcement officer for twenty one years with the NYPD. Throughout his career he gained vast experience working in schools, several of those years were spent working as a police sergeant in a Counterterrorism Unit.

While assigned to the Counterterrorism Unit, he conducted threat assessments, investigations, hazard and vulnerability assessments and made recommendations to the NYC School Construction Authority on placement of video surveillance cameras. He trained both law enforcement and civilians in response to active shooter, and worked extensively with the New York City Department of Education on all facets of school-based emergency planning. Louis was instrumental in implementing the NYPD Active Shooter Response Program and the Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Program (TECC) in conjunction with ALERRT at Texas State University, where he is currently an adjunct instructor.

During his tenure with the NYPD, he has received extensive training in many areas to include but not an exhaustive list: emergency preparedness, threat assessments, hazard and vulnerability assessments, tactical combat casualty care, active shooter and terrorism. He currently holds various firearm instructor certifications.

Louis has been engaged in many law enforcement debriefs of many incidents to include but not limited to: Columbine High School, Platte Canyon High School, Virginia Tech University, Northern Illinois University, Amish School, Beslan (Russia) school terrorist siege, Beltway sniper incident, Kenya shopping mall terrorist attack, and Oslow (Norway) terrorists attack.

Prior to his retirement, the New York City Police Foundation recognized his accomplishments, awarding the Hemmerdinger Award for efforts in active shooter response and school safety. [Read More]

Mark DePhillips has dedicated his professional life to serving this country in the military and as a first responder. He served honorably for 11 years with the United States Marine Corps and is a combat veteran of the Iraq war. Mark supervised Marines in 2-man sniper teams and 300 Marines as the Range SNCO (Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge).  [Read More]

Luis A. Rodriguez is a 17-year veteran of the New York City Police Department. He has used his extensive medical background to assist in the training of over 5,000 School Safety Division personnel in active shooter response and point of wounding care. [Read More]

Alfred J. Baker has over 40 years of years of law enforcement and special operations experience. He is a former Training Manager, US Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – Armor and Ballistic Shield Training Program Manager, Special Operations Training Branch. [Read More]

Sergeant John Schoppmann is currently a 12 year veteran in law enforcement and Supervisor in the Counter-terrorism Division training unit. As a certified New York State instructor, he is certified to teach a multitude DHS courses including active shooter response tactics, medical interventions, [Read More]

Scott Hassler has over 21+ years of Law Enforcement Experience, and over 30 years of Security and Property Protection. He is currently part of a team that trains thousands of Law Enforcement Officers yearly in Counterterrorism, is an Adjunct Instructor for ALERRT, and an Emergency Response Team Supervisor… [Read More]

Raymundo Flete has served for 16 years with the New York City Police Department, most recently as a Counter-Terrorism Investigator. Among his numerous responsibilities, he conducts facility site assessments, threat assessment of potential perpetrators, and is a seasoned training instructor. [Read More]