Active Shooter Response Training Seminar Coming To The Suffolk

RIVERHEAD, NY — A free active shooter response training seminar for the general public will be offered at The Suffolk in Riverhead.

The event will be held on Tuesday, April 25 at 7 p.m.

"The free seminar will provide participants with the knowledge, techniques, and skills that will best equip them to survive an active shooter incident," The Suffolk said in a release.

At the end of the seminar, participants will be familiar with prevention and preparation techniques and procedures; how to develop an emergency response plan; how to recognize indicators of an active shooter before an incident occurs; known behavior patterns of active shooters before and during an incident; employing situational alertness and proper immediate response procedures; what to do when confronted with an active shooter, including the "run, hide, fight" plan; effective response procedures and tactics for escaping, evading and responding; emergency tactical response; establishing and using safe rooms; and correct action when law enforcement personnel arrives.

The seminar will be presented by Don Longo, licensed by the Department of State as a private investigator and retired from the Suffolk County Police Department after more than 30 years of service and experience in law enforcement as well as personal security. Longo has trained and worked with agents of the FBI and United States Secret Service and has received awards and citations while attaining the rank of sergeant; he is also a veteran of the United States military, having served with the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force between 1968 and 1972, The Suffolk said.

Longo specializes in active shooter incident response and planning, anti-crime tactics and techniques, threat assessment, international travel safety, and personal security consulting, a release said.

A mass casualty active shooter drill was also held at Greenport High School last June.

Most recently, the nation is mourning the loss of six people, including six small children, killed in a mass shooting at a school in Nashville.

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