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Prevention-First School Safety and Active Shooter Standards: Tumbler Ridge Interview with Chris Grollnek

In this Global News interview following the Tumbler Ridge tragedy, Chris Grollnek, founder of the Active Shooter Prevention Project™ (ASPP™),
explains why response-only drills are not enough—and why schools must evolve toward a prevention-first standard.

Through the P.R.O. Model™ (Prevention. Response. Options.), ASPP™ helps schools, workplaces, and communities build calm, repeatable readiness
that mirrors fire prevention infrastructure—reducing risk before response is required.
Learn how the framework is implemented.

Prevention-First School Safety: Key Takeaways

  • Response-only drills leave a critical gap in the first minutes of an incident.
  • Prevention-first strategy focuses on layered awareness and environmental readiness.
  • Standardization creates measurable safety outcomes.
  • Preparedness must be calm, practical, and repeatable.

Why Prevention-First School Safety Standards Matter

Just as fire safety became infrastructure decades ago, violence prevention must evolve into a measurable, operational standard.
Schools should not rely solely on reaction. They must build layered awareness, leadership planning, detection workflows, and communication coordination.

Download the ASPP™ white paper outlining performance metrics and best practices:
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Explore training and assessment support for schools and organizations:
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About Chris Grollnek:
Chris Grollnek, Active Shooter Prevention Project™ (ASPP™).

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Active Shooter Expert Chris Grollnek (#activeshooterexpert) is a Former U.S. Marine and retired police detective corporal, the Chairman of the Board and Founding Principal of the Active Shooter Prevention Project (ASPP™), and the creator of the P.R.O. Model™, Prevention. Response. Options. Selected by the Department of Justice as "A" national standard for the Assistant United States Attorneys and across the department, and in use at some installations and commands across the Department of Defense. He is an international public speaker, trainer, educator, writer and director who has appeared in numerous documentaries, and he provides consulting to Fortune 500 companies and special events. Grollnek has testified about the terrorism and counterterrorism training needs of the United States before House Ways and Means, and in Senate testimony convened by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Hart Senate Office Building in 2002. Ahead of that testimony, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. invited him to brief Ph.D. and senior executive staff of the U.S. Government on subterranean training, complex curriculum development and public lectures.

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