2026 Active Shooter Handbook: A Practical Guide to Prevention, Detection and Response
Active shooter incidents remain one of the most complex and unsettling threats facing organizations today, particularly in environments such as schools and healthcare facilities where safety is expected. As highlighted in this year’s edition, these events are uniquely disruptive because they occur in places assumed to be safe, forcing workers to prepare for worst-case scenarios as part of their everyday roles.
This is why Security Today has published the latest edition of the Active Shooter Handbook, bringing together strategies that emphasize early detection, coordinated response, and layered security approaches. This edition covers multiple aspects of active shooter preparedness:
- Active Shooter Preparedness & Risk Management
- Entryway Screening & Threat Prevention
- Emergency Communication & Two-Way Radios
- Mass Notification Systems & Integration
- Gunshot Detection & Real-Time Response
- Plus a collection of security technology solutions
