The ALERRT Center at Texas State University was created in 2002 as a partnership between Texas State University, the San Marcos, Texas Police Department and the Hays County, Texas Sheriff’s Office to address the need for active shooter response training for first responders. In 2013, ALERRT at Texas State was named the National Standard in Active Shooter Response Training by the FBI.
Since 2002, ALERRT has successfully delivered training across the nation with more than $136 million in federal and state funding. More than 303,928 state, local, and tribal first responders (over 246,129 law enforcement) have received ALERRT training to date, all at no cost to first responders or agencies.