Katherine Schweit
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Katherine Schweit

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Katherine Schweit is an attorney and former special agent who created the FBI’s active shooter program after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. She joined then-Vice President Joe Biden’s team to develop training and best practices for civilians and law enforcement. She co-wrote the FBI’s seminal research, A Study of 160 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States, 2000 – 2013 and was the executive producer for the award-winning drama/documentary film, The Coming Storm. She is the author of Stop the Killing: How to End the Mass Shooting Crisis and the dual titled book, How to Talk About Guns with Anyone/A Simple Guide to the Second Amendment. She offers hope on her podcast, Stop the Killing, with her London co-host Sarah Ferris, and is a founding member of the Bureau Consortium consulting group. She owns Schweit Consulting LLC., serving clients in security and crisis communications matters. She sits as an expert advisor on several boards, including the University of Michigan’s National Center for School Safety. She earned a BA in journalism from Michigan State University and a JD from DePaul College of Law, where she is currently an adjunct professor. She is a former Cook County, Illinois, prosecutor in Chicago.
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