Tabletop Exercise Sexual Assault/Multiple Incidents

1. Tabletop ExerciseSexual Assault/Multiple Incidents Division for Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, and Institutional Research

2. Rules of the Road • Creativity/Group Problem Solving • Use the knowledge and information available in the room • Active Thinking • Active Listening • Active Participation • Respect – challenge ideas, not people • Reality Check – make the exercise real for you

3. Agenda • Introductions • Scenario • Description • Hot Wash (Debrief) • Action Planning

4. Introductions

5. The Exercise Continuum • Drills • TabletopExercises • FunctionalExercises • Full-ScaleExercises

6. What is a tabletop exercise? • Simulates an emergency situation in an informal, stress-free environment • Initiates discussion of emergency guidelines • Focuses on training and familiarization with roles, guidelines, and responsibilities

7. How does a tabletop exercise work? • Scenario-based discussion, guided by a facilitator • Problems talked through without stress • Evaluators selected to observe and offer feedback on the proceedings • Policies, plans, and guidelines are updated

8. What determines the success of a tabletop? • A successful tabletop leaves participants with: • A positive learning experience • Organizational learning • Improvement action planning • More effective policies, plans, and guidelines • Improved preparedness

9. Exercise Guidelines • This exercise is designed to test the preparedness of the _____ to respond to a multi-agency, multi-site emergency event. • Following the exercise, there will be a debriefing time or “Hot Wash”. • Each participant will be given the opportunity to share his/her views on what worked well and what needs to be addressed in additional planning, training and/or drilling.

10. Exercise Guidelines (Continued) • _____ISD/college policy shall govern all activities relating to the emergency event. • The facilitator shall serve as the exercise referee and will provide any official interpretation of the exercise rules. • Although we will not actually be contacting them, ISD/college and outside resources are available to assist you.

11. Exercise Guidelines (Continued) • From time to time, there will be injections to the scenario. These are intended to further assess response to the exercise scenario. • This is a learning experience.

12. Purpose • To examine current policies, procedures, resources and actions in the context to a response to multiple sexual assaults in a college setting • To promote greater understanding and ability to apply NIMS/ICS principles in a college setting • To make improvements as identified as an outcome of the exercise

13. Objectives • To evaluate policies and procedures • To evaluate command and control including communications procedures • To identify resources needed vs. available • To identify training needs • To identify needed improvements and create an action plan to address those needs

14. Demographic Overview • On this slide, add bullets of information about the demographics of your college, including but not limited to: • Number of schools/facilities • Types of schools/facilities • Athletic facilities • Student population • Employee population

15. First Responder Resource Overview • On this slide, add bullets of information about the first responder resources immediately available to your college, including but not limited to: • Police • Fire • EMS

16. Threat Assessment • On this slide, add bullets of information about the known threats to your college, including but not limited to: • Internal threats • External threats

17. Scenario • A female student reported a “suspicious” man walking though the residence hall at night. She said he was an “Anglo male” wearing a green jacket and blue jeans. • A second female student reported a man of similar description “wandering” through a classroom building during evening hours. She reported that he didn’t seem to be going anywhere and that he was staring at her.

18. Questions • What do you need to know? • How do you find the information? • What are you going to do?

19. Scenario – Inject 1(one day later) • A female staff member reported that while walking to her car after work, a man exposed himself to her • Her description of the man was similar to the earlier description given in the last two complaints • She got in her car and left the parking lot without further incident

20. Questions • What do you need to know? • How do you find the information? • What are you going to do? • What are the police/security SOPs?

21. Scenario – Inject 2 (two days later) • A female commuter student was sexually assaulted in the restroom of a classroom facility • During the attack she was struck several times by the attacker • After the attack the student crawled out to the main hallway where she was discovered by a facilities employee

22. Questions • What do you need to know? • How do you find the information? • What does your EOP direct? • What are you going to do?

23. Scenario – Inject 3 • In addition to the sexual assault, the student suffered a broken nose and several bruises and lacerations • The student was taken to the hospital where biological evidence was collected • The suspect wore a ski mask and gloves but was described as a male between the age of 18-25 • The outside media, student media, student body, faculty and staff want information

24. Questions • What actions will you take? • What does your EOP dictate? • What is your ICS structure? • What steps will you take to address the media? • What public information will be released?

25. ICS Structure Questions • Who is the Incident Commander? • Who is the Public Information Officer? • Who is the Liaison Officer? • Who is the Operations Chief? • What other ICS positions will you activate and who will fill them?

26. Scenario – Inject 4 (two days later) • A female student reports that she was grabbed from behind as she walked across campus at night • She defended herself by back kicking the assailant in the shins. He released her. She fled to the student center and called campus police/security • She did not see her attacker except that he wore black leather gloves

27. Questions • What do you need to know? • How do you find the information? • What does your EOP direct? • What is your ICS team going to do?

28. Situational Report • The campus community is fearful • The local press wants information • The student who was sexually assaulted has retained a civil attorney • A suspect was arrested by campus/local police during a surveillance operation of campus parking lots

29. Questions • What do you need to know? • How do you find the information? • What does your EOP direct? • What is your ICS team going to do?

30. Hot Wash • What can be done to improve campus police/security operations? • What internal divisions were required to work together in this scenario? • What external agencies did the Liaison Officer need to work with in this scenario? • Are all necessary agreements in place to facilitate cooperation among agencies?

31. Action Plan The lessons learned during this table top exercise will lead to a college action plan to: • Keep Doing _____ • Stop Doing _____ • Start Doing _____

32. Conclusion The Texas School Safety Center, Division for Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, and Institutional Research is available for: • Training/Facilitation • Technical Assistance • Information

33. Contact Us Web: www.txssc.txstate.edu Phone: 877-304-2727