• A Prayer for Church Security Team Members
• Church Security Book Review: Defending the Flock
• The 5 Lines of Defense in Church Security, Beginning Outside
• Church Security: Radio Communications Best Practices
• Church Security Training: Decision Decks Help You Think Through a Crisis Before It Happens
• A Simple Chart for Situational Awareness
MAGEN DAVID ADOM, Israel’s Red Cross, describes itself as the most experienced mass-casualty response organization in the world.
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As Israel’s national ambulance, blood services, and disaster relief organization, the 30,000 mostly volunteer workers of Magen David Adom (Hebrew for “Red Star of David”) respond to 8 million calls a year.
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Because of the wars and repeated terrorist attacks against Israel, the non-profit agency has emerged as a world leader in emergency medical services.
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American Friends of Magen David Adom has created the Church Emergency Response Network to enable its EMTs and paramedics to share with pastors, church leaders, and houses-of-worship security/safety teams the many lessons they’ve learned through assassin onslaughts, criminal assaults, natural disasters, auto accidents, physical maladies, and more.
Distance: 3 Yards
Time: 4 Seconds per target exposure
Target: TCQ-95 (2 targets minimum 3 feet apart)
Rounds: 6 Rounds
Position:
Exposure 1 — From the holster, draw and fire 1 round at each target
Exposure 2 — From the holster, draw and fire 1 round at each target
Exposure 3 — With handgun in the support hand only, fire 1 round at each target.
Score: All rounds must be in the combat scoring area
The Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network (ACLDN) is a membership organization that helps members in the legal fight after they justifiably use force in self-defense by paying for the services of attorneys, expert witnesses, private investigators, and more. It also educates members in the law governing use of force in self-defense and how armed citizens can protect against unmeritorious prosecution.
Attorney, court expert witness, and ACLDN Advisory Board member Emanuel Kapelsohn, president of The Peregrine Corporation, and author of the House of Worship Firearms Use of Force Policy Bundle (as a service to SemperVerus readers, Emanuel Kapelsohn is making this computer-fillable formatted policy bundle available at a $25 discount from the regular price. Order the bundle here. Then, on the checkout page, simply type in the discount promo code SEMPERVERUS25.), is interviewed in the ACLDN Journal on the subject of “Organizing, Training & Running a House of Worship Armed Congregant Security Team.” Below are the complete 2-part video interviews, links to the Journal print articles, and bullet points of salient information from the interview: