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First responders learn active-shooter scenario skills BY TOM SCANLON
Peoria Times Associate Editor
Many of the things present were very familiar to churchgoers: coffee, muffins, a polite audience and a passionate preacher. Yet this was no ordinary day in Peoria, as the ALICE organization was preaching an unusual message: Survive an active-shooting scenario. The message was crucial to this “train the trainer” active shooter scenario at Christ’s Church of the Valley. The event was sponsored by Cleveland training institute ALICE, an acronym for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate. Before several intense exercises, ALICE staff gave presentations to first respond-
ers and community members from around the Valley, with the hope the participants would in turn stage exercises in their communities. Two different scenarios starred Jim Clark, a captain and paramedic with the Buckeye Fire Department, and Charlie Johnson, an anti-terrorism officer with the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground. In the first scenario, 150 first responders and community members hid in various rooms. Clark, armed with a “gun” which shot foam pellets, hunted down the cowering participants, howling, “I’m gonna find you! And you’re never gonna forget me!” In the second scenario, the participants were instructed to exit the building as
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quickly as possible after receiving a signal. Clark “shot” 34 people, while Johnson managed to hit just one Illustrating one of the core messages: If you’re not sure you are in a safe place in this kind of scenario, get out of there. ALICE’s Brandon Rhone encouraged first responders to use the tools they leraned to train others — especially at schools. To those who worry an active shooter training might be traumatic to kids, Rhone has an answer: “Every kid in school has to do a fire drill once a month.” Adding: “Can’t we train the same kids to increase their odds of survival with active shooter drills?” he asked. SEE SCENARIO PAGE 5
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In an effort to boost enforcement in various areas throughout the city, the Peoria Police Department is looking to continue its participation in an ongoing program — one which benefits law enforcement agencies around the state every year. Each fall, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety provides grants to various agencies to assist in traffic safety efforts. This will be the 16th year the Peoria Police Department has acquired these grants. Four grants amounting to $160,636, approved at a Sept. 17 council meeting, will support Peoria police’s efforts in the areas of DUI/impaired SEE TRAFFIC
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