Safety & Security
What is happening?
CCMS-SEC-SOP-001
The culture is covert, not theatrical. Smile, present, unremarkable — ready to stop violence if it comes through the door. Security is not the mission. The mission is the Word. This tree keeps wolves from interrupting it.
Active killer / shots firedSay it. Location, description, weapon, direction.Bomb threat / suspicious packageDo not handle. Evacuate away, not past it.Assault on the pastor or platform disruptionExtract to cover. The sermon is over.Suspicious person or baseline breakSmile, scan, write it down.Upset parent / custody fightDe-escalate. Children are not trophies.Child-protection or predator concernTwo-adult rule. Report. Do not investigate first.Fire, weather, or violence-adjacent evacuationDo not dump the room onto the classroom doors.Medical collapseOpens the medical treeSunday posts and opening the buildingEvery person has a place, a sector, and a job.Weapons policyBoard-owned. Local law. Not a hallway debate.Use of force / after a shootingStop the threat. Then become a compliant witness.Communications planRadio, runner, text, AV. In that order until they fail.Threat profiles and reportingWhite / yellow / orange / red. Same-day reports.Team selection and trainingCharacter outranks tactics.
This field guide does not replace 911, a medical director, or licensed clinical judgment. It does not authorize anyone to practice beyond license and current training.