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Officer training scheduled at 500 N. Grand

Post-active shooter training geared to aid victims

By Amie Johansen | amie@charlescitypress.com

Training exercises to teach police officers how to work with emergency personnel at the site of a mass shooting will take place this week at the former Charles City Middle School Building, 500 N. Grand.

Floyd County Emergency Management Director Lezlie McCrabb spearheded the effort to get a post active shooter training in Charles City. The training will take place Wednesday, July 20 through Friday, July 22.

The training is geared to help officers work with emergency medical and fire personnel to provide aid to the victims while stopping the shooter.

“Law enforcement goes in and tries to take care of business right away, then we need someone to go in and start medical,” Charles City Police Chief Hugh Anderson said. “Since then, historically, we have had to pass by the victims because we have to go to the person that is doing the killing. In the meantime there are people dying in hallways and offices.”

The training will enable officers, EMS and fire to better work together to provide aid to the victims while taking out the shooter.

“What we’re focusing on now is going in with a rescue task force, it is comprised of EMS with officers as their guard or bodyguard,” Anderson said.

According to Anderson, the first day will largely be classroom learning. The following two days will practical training.

“You’ll see us with our big, black long guns, and we’ll be out in the parking lot and they won’t be wearing their uniforms,” Anderson said.

He does not want to cause alarm when neighbors and passersby see squad cards and armed men surrounding the middle school.

The post active shooter training is one of eight taking place around the state, Anderson said.

“A former Delta Force Special Forces along with a fire battalion chief — Mike from Orange County California — and maybe another special forces guy, (will provide the teaching),” Anderson said.

Charles City Police Officers are not the only ones who will be attending the three day training.

“We have some of our fire department and AMR’s participating,” Anderson said. “It sounds like they will send a fairly good number of people.”

 

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