The Paper photos by Abrahm Hurt
Corporal Amy Clark (left), Officer Tony Bowen (center), Officer Corey Rohl (back right) and Officer Andrew Ellsbury (near right) were part of training this week at Northridge Middle School on how to handle an active shooter situation. Turn to page A2 to read the full story in today’s edition of The Paper.
Sgt. Joshua Hoagland (left) helps instruct Officer Corey Rohl on applying a tourniquet while Officer Tony Bowen watches.
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 4:00 AM
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Crawfordville Police Department conducted active shooter training at Northridge Middle School.
Police Chief Mike Norman said the CPD has mandatory active shooter training every year even though it’s not required by the state.
Norman said the goal was to prepare officers for any situation they may face.
“It’s the reason for training in anything else in any area that you train in,” he said. “You want to be as proficient as possible to protect as many people as you can and stop the situation from happening.”
Officers were given instruction on how to respond to an active shooter event taking place in a school. Officers went through room clearing, simunitions training and how to operate a tourniquet.
“They’ll be put through some scenarios where a bad guy will be put in a room somewhere or he could be roaming around the hall and then they’re told, ‘Hey, there’s an active shooter going on here, and you have to use your tactics to go through the school, clear the rooms, meet up with this bad guy and if they present a threat, neutralize them,’” said Sergeant Joshua Hoagland.
Roaming through the halls, a group of four officers practiced clearing rooms in the middle school while receiving tips and talking through the best way to approach the situation.
The training was led by Hoagland, Corporal Todd Huckstep and Ryan Teeter.