Tom Czyz

On December 14, 2012, our nation was devastated by the news that twenty first graders and six adults had been murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary. As a father, husband of an English teacher, active shooter expert, SWAT operator, and homicide detective, Tom Czyz realized he couldn't protect his own family. Determined to protect America's schools, he founded Armoured One LLC, a company dedicated to ending the story of active shooter incidents. He assembled a team of top active shooter experts from SWAT, military special forces, federal agents, and school staff to create a company that would save lives. Since then, Tom and his team of investigators have responded to over sixty K-12 school shootings, including Sandy Hook, Parkland, Santa Fe, Uvalde, and Nashville. They produce debriefs and presentations from these investigations to educate school administrators, first responders, architects, and politicians on preventing and surviving active shooter attacks. Additionally, Tom founded ONE Training LLC, a company now led by a school teacher, which provides certified active shooter training courses for various school staff positions to empower them to save students' lives during a shooting. A testament to Armoured One and ONE Training’s success is when one of the schools they assisted was attacked. During this attack, no one was killed or injured except the attacker, proving that proper training, notification, technology, and product hardening can save lives. Armoured One is now known as America’s School Safety and Security Company. Tom currently serves as chairman of the board of the National Safety Security Protection Association, a non-profit that helps states create minimal standards for security, and as a special advisor for ZeroNow's National Council of School Safety Directors. Tom is recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise in active shooter attacks, school security, and motivational speaking. His work has been featured by The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Forbes Magazine, HBO, Viewpoint, and numerous local, national, international, and global news outlets. He has presented across the globe to government officials and school associations for superintendents, school board members, facilities, and transportation. Tom has also collaborated with and trained local, state, and federal law enforcement. For over eleven years, he has worked tirelessly to protect America’s schools from active shooter attacks. His efforts have been acknowledged by school leaders, law enforcement, the FBI, government leaders, Fortune 500 business leaders, and, most importantly, the families of the lives he has helped save.