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Activities of paramedics in solving the attack of an active shooter and cooperation with the components of the Integrated Rescue System
SLABÁ, Kristýna
The topic of this bachelor's thesis is the activity of paramedics when dealing with an active shooter attack and cooperation with the components of the Integrated Rescue System. The work is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part is focused on defining the term active shooter, clarifying the most common gunshot wounds and their care. The following chapters are devoted to the typical activities of individual units of the IZS, exercises associated with an active shooter, and attacks that took place abroad and in the Czech Republic are also not omitted. The empirical part of the bachelor's thesis was made using a qualitative method, which was based on semi-structured interviews. 11 informants from among paramedics of the South Bohemian Region, police officers and firefighters participated in the research. Two goals were set in the work. The first goal was to map the cooperation of paramedics with components of the Integrated Rescue System. The second goal was to map the preparation of medical rescuers to deal with an attack by an active shooter. The results of the research investigation showed that the paramedics are oriented in the setting of cooperation and communication between the components of the IZS during a joint intervention, thus the first goal was fulfilled. Furthermore, the results showed that the preparation of paramedics for an active shooter attack is insufficient and the paramedics themselves do not feel prepared. The work draws attention to the possibility of increasing the frequency of personnel training in problematic active shooter situations.
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In the event of an AMOK emergency in South Bohemia, how well prepared are the executive officers compared with the street officers.
KOŠNER, Luboš
The topic of the diploma thesis "Comparison of the readiness of executive and commanding police officers of the South Bohemian Region to deal with an AMOK emergency" was chosen with regard to the long-term professional interest of the author of the thesis; at the same time, the author tried to choose a topic and elaboration, which could bring a certain benefit and insight into the extraordinary event of AMOK - an active shooter's attack. The first theoretical part of the thesis deals with a review of literature and legislation relating to crisis management, emergencies and protection of the population. It also describes the activities of the police in relation to the intervention in an AMOK emergency - an active shooter attack. The second part of the thesis describes the research and the results of the research are processed. The research goal of the diploma thesis was to get an answer to the research question "What is the level of readiness of executive and commanding police officers included in the Regional Police Directorate of the South Bohemian Region to deal with an "AMOK emergency - active shooter attack". Quantitative research was used to obtain research results and to answer the research question. Data for the research were obtained by a questionnaire survey. The answers obtained in the questionnaire survey were subsequently evaluated. The results themselves are described and discussed in detail in the "Results" chapter. The author believes that the goal of the thesis was met since the answer to the research question is that the level of readiness of executive police officers is almost identical to the level of readiness of commanding police officers. The level of readiness is good, but on the selected scale it reaches the final mark 3. This diploma thesis can serve both professionals and lay public.
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Activity of first response patrols Police of Czech Republic during chosen type activities of integrated rescue system.
SIVERA, Petr
The aim of the bachelor´s thesis is chart benefits and efficiency of first-line patrols of Police of the Czech Republic and especially during the events with active (crazy) shooter or more generally with active attacker who are characterized by violent acts to kill as many people as possible and their origin is usually unpredictable. In the view of fact that the driving distances of special forces are often for dealing with such events inadequate. The concept of first-line patrols of Police of the Czech Republic was established and it should be a rapid and effective response on such emergencies for which the need for rapid and effective intervention is characteristic. In a theoretical part are listen basic concepts from the Integrated Rescue System in the Czech Republic and is briefly described the history and present of Police of the Czech Republic and then this bachelor´s thesis is dealing with topics which are related with the attack of the active shooter and with the problematic of first line. In the end if the theoretical part is listed some selected type activities of Integrated Rescue System in the Czech Republic which can be expected during the attack of the active shooter. These are mainly the type activities which relate to psychosocial help, demonstrating suicide intent and common interference of the Integrated Rescue System during the large number of injured people. In a practical part the quantitative research is performed in the form of a questionnaire at the members of the Police of the Czech Republic who are territorially included in the Strakonice Territorial Department, specifically in the District Departments, which include the first-line units, when the research focused on the contribution of the creation of first-line units and on the level of these units within the Territorial Department of the Police of the Czech Republic in Strakonice. The research was directed on the policemen of the first-line units of the Písek Territorial Department, too, for the reason of possible comparison between both Territorial Departments where it was no possible to secure enough respondents who would be willing to complete the questionnaire. Comparison of both Territorial Departments has not been performed. The result of the research was that the origin of the first-line units for the activity in case of the attack of the active shooter is beneficial and the level of the first-line units of the Territorial Department of the Police of the Czech Republic in Strakonice is in present on a low level. At the end of the bachelor´s thesis is performed the recapitulation of the things we found and the proposal on the level improvement of the first-line unit of the Territorial Department of the Police of the Czech Republic in Strakonice therefor the units with the organizational facilities on District Department of Vodňany, District Departments of Strakonice and District Departments of Blatná.
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Disabling The Active Shooter
NĚMCOVÁ, Michaela
This bachelor thesis is developed on the topic of disposal of an active shooter. The aim of the work is to evaluate the readiness of the Police of the Czech Republic for an attack of an active shooter and also the functioning of the cooperation of the components of the integrated rescue system during the intervention. To assess whether preventive measures for soft targets are sufficient. Finding out whether the professional and lay public is aware of the procedure of defense and rescue when attacked by an active shooter. The theoretical part defines the basic concepts important for the domain of the active shooter and then the psychological analysis of the active shooter himself. A separate chapter discusses the last largest attack of an active shooter in the Czech Republic, which took place at the University Hospital Ostrava. I dwell on the polemic of a legally held weapon and its influence in defense. In the next chapters, I focus on the readiness of the Police of the Czech Republic, especially on the first-line patrols, and finally on the actual intervention of the IRS units at the scene of the active shooter's attack. To achieve the above - mentioned goals, two research questions were compiled, which were answered by means of a questionnaire survey. The benefit of the bachelor's thesis is, first of all, finding out the problems with first-line patrols, finding their shortcomings and their possible solutions, evaluating the security of schools in the Rokycany district and finding out whether citizens are aware of an active shooter attack.
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The measures against the active schooter in the selected schools one the Strakonice district territory.
MATOUŠEK, Michal
The main purpose of the thesis is the improvement of safety against an active shooter in schools and school facilities. The issue of this kind of terrorism is being a phenomenon in the present and it is very hard to predict the particular moment of the act itself. It is crucial to set protective borders to prevent this problem. These borders can effectively defect the undesirable attacks of the shooters and protect the students' and school employees' lives. The goal of the thesis is to find out the safety measures against the active shooter taken in the chosen high schools and afterwards to suggest the better securing. The particular legislation for the issue, concept of terrorism, educational system and the security system in the Czech Republic is expounded to the reader in the theoretical part. I am focused on the selected active shooter attacks, which were made in Europe and in the Czech Republic at the end. The practical part introduces the methods of collecting data for the qualitative research and also the means of investigation that were used. The research discovered the means of safety measures for the inner room, which were taken in the particular high schools against this kind of the terrorism. The following safety analysis discovered the fact that the schools are not properly secured against the active shooter. Therefore the more effective securing is proposed in the form of recommendations. The inseparable part for the goal achievement is the share this information with the school management. Moreover the school management had the possibility to request the research data and apply the proposals in the schools. There is a summary of the discovered reality and a proposal for improvement the securing in conclusion.
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Radiness of primary schools for an armed attack in the town of Benešov.
KÁROVÁ, Natálie
My diploma thesis deals with the preparedness of primary schools for an armed attack in the city of Benešov. The work is divided into two parts. The theoretical part contains information that I have processed from available literature, professional websites and professional joutnals. The aim of the work was to analyze the preparedness of primary schools in the city of Benešov within the project "Armed attacker at school". In my work I also focused on the USB strategy and analyzed specific situations that may occur in the school environment. The theoretical part contains information about the structure of the education system, the rights and obligations of students and legal representatives of minors. In my work I also focused on who is a mass and serial killer or what is the amok syndrome and who is an active shooter. The last chapter of my work is the area of police psychology. In the practical part is the data that I processed from the planned external audit within the project "Armed attacker at school". The audit at three primary schools in the city of Benešov took place in 2019 and focused on various branches of education. My results show that the first of the primary schools examined is at a very poor level of safety and its founder or school management should take immediate remedial action. The second and third schools are at a good safety level. If the connection of pupils with the public at lunch time is resolved, it can be said that these schools are at a very good level of safety. The results from the practical part can serve as feedback for the city of Benešov, as well as for the staff of the studied primary schools.
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Active shooter attack from the perspective of providers of emergency medical services
MOUTELÍK, Jaromír
This bachelor thesis on the topic "Active shooter attack from the perspective of providers of emergency medical services" is made up from a theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part, we characterized the active shooter, mapped the situation as how it is abroad and here in the Czech Republic. We described types of gunshotwounds (shootinginjury) and the specific way how they have to betreated (pre-hospital and hospital emergency care).The AMOK situation and all the rescue activities were described in a thematic practical exercises. The aim of the research part was to determine the level of knowledge in nursing care in pre-hospital and hospital emergency from the perspective of medical rescuers, how they are familiar with the problem of active shooter, and how rescue workers are willing to deal with this issue. The semi-structured interview method was used to obtain the data for the empirical part of this bachelor thesis. Respondents were randomly choosed and they were asked by 21 questions to find out how are they prepered for the active shooter situation, treatment of the gunshotwound, how are they educated for this topic and willing to strike out for the situation. Results showed, that all the rescue workers have an overview in all the trends of gunshotwounds and their treatment. On the other hand, the majority of them (6/8) have everattend any educational event or practical exercise and have not consider this education to be sufficient, but all of them would welcome a practical training with the police. Most of these rescuers (5/8) would not refuse to go to such a case and they would take it as an interesting experience.
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Readiness of educational institutions for extraordinary event - attack of an active shooter.
MACHÁČEK, Josef
The aim of this work is to deal as fully as possible with the issue of ensuring the readiness of pupils, students, teachers and other pedagogical or non-pedagogical staff to pose a threat of attack by an active assailant in schools and school facilities. In order to achieve this, personal knowledge of the given issue, elaborated case studies, adopted legislation and methodological analysis of the questionnaires on the topic will be used. Attention is paid to all areas that may affect the behavior of people who find themselves in similar situations where the primary objective is to minimize the number of victims of such an attack. I progress here from the field of prevention, which includes a wide range of measures, from passive, solving questions of unauthorized access to schools, their authorization and identification, through education of pedagogic and non-pedagogical personnel in the field of the ability to solve unexpected and extraordinary situations to the personal readiness of all persons, moving in schools that can positively affect the situation caused by the activity of the active invader. I am personally involved in the issue in my entire career in the armed and security corps of the Czech Republic, as well as in my current position as the Chief Security Manager of a public institution. At present I am personally involved in the activities of the City of Prague, aiming at increasing the awareness of teachers and other school staff about the possibilities of preventive security measures in the field of emergency situations, with a primary focus on behavior in case of a conflict with the participation of an active striker. So I can continuously monitor the teachers' reactions to the lectured substance, use their feedback to further improve the education process in this area, and, last but not least, influence the composition of teaching materials. This work should be beneficial to the scientific community and to the professional public by its complexity and consistency in the knowledge of the topic, collected in one publication, and can contribute to the creation of further legislative procedures created by state administration bodies.
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Using firearms in extraordinary situations
HLINOVSKÝ, Jakub
This Bachelor thesis is focused on incidents of firearms using. It points out at the necessity of preparedness of the Integrated Rescue System for active shooter attack with the using of firearms. Extremely insidious behavior of the offender is for the Integrated Rescue System very difficult and demanding. The main objective of this thesis is theoretically and empirically map the issue of incidents with using of firearms. Availability of literature on the issue was limited althought the subject is attractive to the media. The theoretical part is defined the theoretical background and basic concepts incidents with the using of firearms. I also follow up illegal arming, acquisition, ownership, possession and carrying of weapons or ammunition. I was defining the conditions for obtaining a gun license and permission to use guns. Next I attended to the legitimate using of firearms by the citizens and the Czech Police. I also point out specific incidents related to firearms in the Czech Republic and abroad. It illustrates the topicality of the theme. In the last part I describe the psychological characteristics of the active shooter. The practical part consists of empirical quantitative research. Its main objective was descriptively chart the trend of emergencies with the using of firearms in the Czech Republic. Police Presidium of the Czech Rep in the first phase of the negotiations agreed with the implementation of the research term within 10 years. Subsequently Police Presidium gave only detailed data for analysis in the timeframe of 3 years (i.e. 2012 2014). There are also formulated four research questions. For the method I opted - content analysis of the text twhich I realized in a quantitative way. By defining a core set of texts I have analyzed official documents official statistics of the Police Presidium of the Czech Rep, Department of Computer Science and Information Technology Operation, and documents internal regulations and guidelines of the Police of the Czech Rep. I worked with two files: the basic (ie. Total), and a sample. In my investigation I used a variaty of choice a deliberate choice. The basic set is the set of all 82 territorial departments of the Police of the Czech Republic. The selection included a total of two local unions: one from South Bohemia - Czech Budejovice and the other from Central Bohemia Pribram. Sample size influenced the number of variables interest. With regard to the size of the universe and the amount of collected data, I prefered the time of the expected 10 years to 3 years. Quantification sense units investigated their frequency, i.e. the absolute number (ni), the relative number (FI%) and diameter. Based on our investigation there were confirmed two research questions and two negative results. The survey confirmed the differences in the Framework, development trend, the nature and frequency of incidents with using a firearm in selected locations of Regional Department Pribram and Czech Budejovice. In Czech Budejovice, the number of attacks has increased, but in smaller numbers to the commission of using a firearm. In Pribram, on average, for more than half of the attacks is used a firearm. The survey confirmed the compliance framework dominating the category of the crime robbery, where there is more than half of all incidents at that reason. In the using of type of weapon by the perpetrator, it was found that the most commonly used short firearms are pistols and revolvers. Finally, I summarize my whole work, evaluate results and recommend some solutions and methods of preparation and I also explain why it is important to address this issue and to prepare citizens and members of the basic components of the IRS to prevent incidents and solutions. Good preparedness can help professionals to overcome these situations both in personal as well as professional life. Prevention and preparedness are fundamental to successful fighting such serious situations.
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