Active Threat Options-Based Decisions

A.L.I.C.E. is a program that trains people to know their options if an active threat is encountered. The A.L.I.C.E. option(s) utilized in an emergency should match the situation; the options are not sequential steps.

A.L.I.C.E. Definitions and Descriptions

• Alert—The first notification of danger.
  
• Lockdown—Barricade the room. Prepare to evacuate or counter if needed.
• Inform—Communicate the violent intruder’s location and direction in real time to people nearby and to 911.
• Counter—Create noise, movement, distance, and distraction if near someone who is presenting as an active threat. Counter is NOT fighting.
• Evacuate—When safe to do so, run from the danger zone to a location communicated by Public Safety via an emergency cell phone message.

Follow up questions may be directed to Wheaton College Public Safety, 630.752.5911, public.safety@wheaton.edu or Wheaton Police Department, 630.260.2161, police@wheaton.il.us.

Adapted with permission from the Wheaton Police Department.