Recent attacks have made it clear that arts organizations are also at risk. ISTOCK
Bang, bang, bang, bang. Inside the darkened Moore Theatre on May 23, veteran Seattle Police Department SWAT officer Jeff Geoghagan was taking out victims with a finger gun. Three more: bang, bang, bang. Geoghagan lowered his arm. “It happens pretty quick, doesn’t it?” he asked the crowd in the auditorium. Before he started “shooting,” Geoghagan asked the audience to time him. The seven shots took less than 30 seconds. The lesson: The cops won’t make it in time to help you.
Geoghagan’s presentation—Safety in the Arts: Active Shooter Training—was designed to teach arts-organization staffers what to do if a gunman opens fire in their theater, cinema, or music venue…
