The staff at Lewiston Regional Technical Center learned Thursday how to avoid, deny and defend their classrooms in active shooter situations. The goal was to limit damage done by active shooters.
Jon Dresser, an information technology teacher, tried different belts that broke during the morning’s training. He decided that the best tool to secure the door while staying out of sight was a computer cord. “I can grab a cord from the back of a monitor faster than anything,” Dresser said.
He tucked out of sight and out of range by stepping into a recycling bin near the door. “If they shoot through the window, they can’t get me.”
The training used strategies developed for Avoid, Defy, Defend, a program developed by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training program at Texas State University.
Safety observers were available to signal that the activities were part of the training and to stop the exercise if anything unsafe happened or participants became overwhelmed. The active-shooter scenarios were run for LRTC participants. Lewiston High School teachers will go through the same training in the fall.
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