Katherine Schweit - Ret. FBI Executive, Creator & Fmr. Head of FBI Active Shooter Program - Ep. 22

Katherine Schweit is a lawyer and former FBI Executive who currently teaches law classes at DePaul and Webster universities. She is the author of the book, Stop the Killing: How to End the Mass Shootings Crisis, and co-hosts, with Sarah Ferris, the popular Stop The Killing podcast.She spent 20 years as a Special Agent with the FBI, and prior to that post, she was an assistant state's attorney in Chicago. After the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, she was assigned to create and run the FBI’s active shooter program, authoring the FBI’s seminal research, A Study of 160 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States, 2000 – 2013. She is a longtime member of the faculty at DePaul College of Law and Webster University, and an advisor to the National Center for School Safety. She is an expert in active shooters, mass shootings, and security policies and procedures. She currently owns Schweit Consulting LLC, providing leadership counseling, security advice to corporations, hospitals, religious organizations, educators, and government clients. Katherine's Website: https://www.katherineschweit.com/ Katherine's IG: https://instagram.com/kateschweit?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Stop The Killing Podcast and IG: https://open.spotify.com/show/3x94RF1am68PSKCw8h37xj?si=pa8vQW8sRLyH7DXA9iMGgw&utm_source=copy-link https://instagram.com/stopthekillingstories?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= NYT Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/30/opinion/uvalde-school-shooting.html FBI Study: https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/active-shooter-study-2000-2013-1.pdf/view