{"id":3656,"date":"2019-08-03T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:28:42","slug":"madera-police-make-residents-aware-of-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/madera-police-make-residents-aware-of-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Madera Police make residents aware of gun violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Madera Police Department just concluded its second active shooter presentation with local businesses in an effort to make more people in Madera aware of a situation that is popping up throughout the country.<\/p>

According to Madera Police Department Lt. Josiah Arnold Wednesday morning at Madera Movies, active shooter situations are on the rise, as well as deaths because of them. In the presentation, Arnold showed that between the years 2000-2013, there were 160 active shooter situations with 486 people killed and 557 wounded. However, in the first seven years of the study, there were 6.4 situations a year, but in the last seven years of the study, it increased to 16.4.<\/p>

However, from 2013-2018, there were 107 incidents, an average of 20 or more, in which there were 357 people killed and 1,260 injured.<\/p>

\u201cThere are exponentially more people dying in the active shooter events than 20 years ago,\u201d Arnold said. \u201cFifty-one percent of those situations occur in the workplace or a commercial area.\u201d<\/p>

The presentation was the second given to Madera business owners and employees in the past two weeks.<\/p>

\u201cWe\u2019ve given this class to about 1,000 people in Madera and will continue to give it,\u201d Arnold said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s business owners, school staff or students, our goal is to increase their chances of surviving and make them as educated as we can about some of the risks out there and the reality of active shooters.\u201d<\/p>

Arnold tells that these active shooter situations are more like slaughter than murder. The active shooters \u201cgo after big groups of defenseless people who can\u2019t fight back,\u201d he said.<\/p>

However, Arnold states that most active shooters are statistical anomalies. They really don\u2019t fit into the norm.<\/p>

\u201cStimuli are common in everyday life,\u201d Arnold said. \u201cHowever, most people can process the information in normal ways.\u201d<\/p>

After showing the 50 or so in attendance videos to help support his case from a number of incidents in the past 15 years, Arnold said the Madera Police Department\u2019s goal is to prevent loss of life and trauma during active shooter events.<\/p>

\u201cAfter Columbine, we\u2019ve had to change our tactics with active shooters,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can\u2019t assume it\u2019s a hostage situation anymore. The shooter\u2019s goal is loss of life. The killer is there to take life.\u201d<\/p>

Arnold presented indicators of potential violence.<\/p>

\u2022 Increased or alcohol drug use<\/p>

\u2022 Increased missing work<\/p>

\u2022 Decreased attention to hygiene and appearance<\/p>

\u2022 Resistance or overreaction to policy changes<\/p>

\u2022 Explosive or unprovoked outbursts<\/p>

\u2022 Suicidal comments<\/p>

\u2022 Paranoid behavior<\/p>

\u2022 Domestic problems escalating into the workplace<\/p>

\u2022 Talking about incidents of violence<\/p>

\u2022 Empathy with individual who commit violent crimes<\/p>

\u201cActive shooters are radical, unpredictable people,\u201d Arnold said. \u201cThe sooner you realize your life is in danger, the more chance you can react. You need to recognize danger for what it is and then reaction.\u201d<\/p>

Diffusion of responsibility is a response that people make when dealing with crowds. Some people, when they notice something wrong and are in a crowd are less likely to point it out than when they are alone.<\/p>

\u201cDiffusion of responsibility can get people killed in active shooting events,\u201d Arnold said.<\/p>

Arnold stated three techniques that can help save lives when dealing with an active shooter situation \u2014 run, hide and fight.<\/p>

\u201cWhen you do the right things, you can save lives,\u201d Arnold said. \u201cPeople that survive are people that plan ahead, not plan in the moment. Education and preparedness is the No. 1 thing for us.\u201d<\/p>

By hosting these presentations, Arnold and the Madera Police Department are trying to make as many people aware that active shooter events can happen in their backyard and without any notice. He plans to do more of these events in the near future.<\/p>

\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t know active shooter events are on the rise,\u201d Arnold said. \u201cFar more people die in these events now than they did 20 to 30 years ago. The frequency of it is up, too. We\u2019ve had some business groups reach out to us. We have ongoing training with the schools.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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