A importância da aplicação do protocolo "fugir, esconder ou lutar" como resposta ao incidente de atirador ativo

Abstract

The active shooter incident remains worldwide for countless people, especially from specific segments – such as schools and shopping centers – which, due to their particularities, are more subject to the incidence of this type of criminal phenomenon. As a result, in the United States of America, the Department of Homeland Security created the “flight, hide or fight” protocol to offer survival tactics to victims, since it left a police institution to intervene in the initial moments of these incidents. The research, in this step, aims to analyze the identity of the training of potential victims to offer an immediate response to the guarantee of their own life until the military police intervention, and, consequently, a qualitative approach to the problem is carried out with an exploratory and descriptive intention, based on bibliographical research. and documentary. In addition, the applied method was deductive, presenting generic assumptions for reaching the specific conclusion referring to the symbol of empowerment of potential victims of active shooter incidents to present the response necessary for their survival. As a result, the results obtained validated that training in the “flight, hide or fight” protocol is important for defeats to have a rational result to the active shooter incident, since they will be under the influence of the psychological effects of stress. Finally, it was concluded that the Military Police of Santa Catarina will be able to develop the structure and training with potential victims of the remaining segments.