Rhulen Specialty, LLC (hereinafter ‘RHULEN’) is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the security of any personal information we receive from you. This Privacy Statement explains what personal information we collect and how we use it. The information we collect is used to operate and maintain our website, send you our publications, event information as well as marketing communications.

Your Personal Data

Other than the information you provide to us voluntarily, we collect no other personal data. We will not collect more personal data than is necessary for purposes outlined below and our website does not record any personal data.

The following types of personal information may be collected, stored, and used:

• Information about your computer including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, and operating system;

• Information about your visits to and use of this website including the referral source, length of visit, page views, and website navigation paths;

• Information that you enter when you register with our website, such as your email website;

• Information that you enter when you create a profile on our website (For example, your name, profile pictures, biographical information and employment details);

• Information that you enter in order to set up subscription to our emails and/or newsletters;

• Information that is generated while using our website, including when, how often, and under what circumstances you use it;

• Information that you post to our website with the intention of publishing it on the internet;

• Any other personal information you send to us.

Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website. We may use your personal information for the following:

Administering our website and business (personalizing our website for you, enabling your use of the services available on our website, sending you commercial communications, sending you email notifications and/or our newsletter (you can unsubscribe to the foregoing at any time);

• Providing third parties with statistical information about our users;

• Dealing with inquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website;

• Keeping our website secure and preventing fraud;

• Verifying compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website;

• Other uses.

If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant us.

Information shared with third parties

We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers, or subcontractors as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

We do not transfer your personal data or share it with anyone else unless:

• we are compelled to do so by law or a court order, or in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings or to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights.

• We are involved with the sale of any business asset we are selling or contemplating selling (to the purchaser or prospective purchaser).

Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.

Right to access

We aim to ensure that any personal data we hold is as accurate as possible. Please let us know immediately if there any changes to your information or if you become aware that the information that we hold is incorrect. You may contact us to find out what, if any, personal data we hold about you, and ask us to correct or update this data.

Right to object

If at any time you would prefer not to receive our publications, event information or marketing communications, please let us know or use the ‘unsubscribe’ option included in all our email communication.

Data Security

We are committed to keeping your personal data and records confidential. Your personal data will only be handled by employees and consultants of this company who have the integrity to keep your personal data confidential and will use your data only for the purpose for which it was collected. No method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure and, therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

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The content on this website may not be reproduced, distributed or transmitted to any other persons in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work without prior written permission from RHULEN, nor may it in any way be exploited in whole or in part. For the avoidance of doubt, framing of this site or any part of it is not permitted without our express permission. Where no specific restrictions are displayed, you may make hard copies of limited portions of the Site for personal use only, provided that any legal notices, disclaimers and copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices are not removed.

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Any material or information collected via this Site or sent by you to RHULEN by any means will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be used by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You may not use this Site to publish or transmit any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any other material which could give rise to any civil or criminal liability in any territory.

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t has been more than three years now since I first raised serious concerns about ALICE training, in particular the “Counter” measure. I have firmly and vocally spoken my belief that there are serious concerns and risks associated with the Counter component of ALICE training and similar programs such as the “run-hide-fight” theory promoted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Among those concerns are age and developmental issues, special needs children (emotional and behavioral disorders, autistic, medically fragile, mobility impaired and more), and the scope and depth of training methodology in child-centered organizations

Release and Assumption of Risk

In consideration of being permitted to participate in this training, You, for Yourself, Your heirs, personal representatives, and assigns, do hereby release, waive, discharge, and covenant not to sue Rhulen, and each of their respective officers, employees, agents, heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, hereafter called the “Released Parties”), from liability from any and all claims including the negligence of the Released Parties, resulting in personal injury, accidents or illnesses (including death), property loss, and damages arising from, but not limited to, participation in the Course.

REMEMBER: Law Enforcement’s first priority is to confront and disable the threat.

If you hear shots or see weapons:

• If you are outside and hear gunshots immediately seek shelter in another building or escape to a safe area away from the sounds of the gunshots. Call 911 immediately.

• Trust your instincts! Lock the doors; cover door windows if possible. Set your cell phone on vibrate or silent.

• If you are present where a shooter is active:

Evacuate: Leave the area immediately. If necessary, break windows or glass to get out of the area. Run in the opposite direction of the disturbance or shots, cover your head with books or other items for protection. DO NOT stop running until you are in a safe area. If police officers are in the area, listen and comply with all of their commands. Raise your hands or keep them in plain sight so you are not perceived as a threat to the police.

Hide: If you choose to stay in your room. Do not leave until instructed to do so by a police officer. LOCK YOUR DOOR! Stay away from and below any window. Position furniture or other items in front of the door. Turn off the lights and call 911.

Defend: If the first two options do not work, defend yourself and those around you. Utilize any objects available to you to distract or interrupt the actions of the shooter.

• Stay low to the ground and away from windows and doors.

• Remain in a safe location until you receive instructions from police.

• As soon as possible, call 911

• Give the police dispatcher as many details as possible about your location, the location of the individual with the weapon, or the location of the gunshots.

• Include the number of persons involved, description of armed subject(s), weapons displayed, locations of victims, direction of travel, threats made, etc.

• Remain calm!

se Overview

This course provides guidance to individuals, including managers and employees, so that they can prepare to respond to an active shooter situation.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe actions to take when confronted with an active shooter and responding law enforcement officials.

• Recognize potential workplace violence indicators.

• Describe actions to take to prevent and prepare for potential active shooter incidents.

• Describe how to manage the consequences of an active shooter incident.

Not all recommendations provided here will be applicable at every facility. This course is intended to provide guidance to enhance facility-specific plans and procedures.

Lastly, we would like to acknowledge organization and institutions working towards problem-solving the pervasive issue of mass shootings nationwide. We believe that the continued efforts of these entities may result in solutions that diminish the prevalence of these types of horrific incidents. Furthermore, we mourn with all individuals and families who have lost loved ones to the brutal and senseless attack of mass shootings.