Active Shooter Response, Door Breaching System

Law enforcement must be prepared to rapidly and directly respond to active shooter events, which includes breaching any barriers that stand in the way. In schools and hospitals, many doors are metal, reinforced, high-security doors, which renders traditional breaching tools like the Halligan and battering ram ineffective and inefficient. When every second counts, these legacy tools require multiple officers and valuable minutes to gain entry. The next generation of dynamic entry tool needs to be usable by only one operator to breach a metal security-door in under 2 minutes and lightweight enough to be usable by smaller-framed operators.

Scope:
(1) Work directly with end-users (Team Leaders of UAPD, ALERRT, FBI, and SWAT) to understand the strengths and limitations of the traditional breaching tools used by first responders for dynamic entry.
(2) Evaluate specialized tools in use by SWAT at critical incidents and research, develop, and innovate a new solution to dynamic entry tools and techniques.
(3) Develop features that reduce the number of operators required to breach a door to one, the amount of time spent in the "fatal funnel" to under 2 minutes, and a design with increased accessibility/usability for smaller-sized operators.
(4) Test system for function and survivability in various environments and use cases.
(5) Work closely with and present regular updates and testing results to the Team Sponsor.
(6) Apply for a patent on behalf of the University of Arizona.