Shooting Trainings

On January 11,2013, in an article called, “Oakland County Teachers Will Receive Active Shooter Training” from The Huffington Post, Kristin Bull reported that teachers and the school staff in Rochester and Oakland will receive training for active shooter situations. In the next two months, the entire training will teach them on how to react if such an event was to happen. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and the county’s Homeland Security Division will conduct five training sessions in the next two weeks. Sheriff Michael Bouchard will give active shooter presentations in addition to the training because he believes that it will further prepare the schools. He stated, “Active shooter situations are unpredictable and evolve quickly, which requires people on the scene to be prepared both mentally and physically while waiting for law enforcement to arrive” (The Huffington Post). Moreover, in Rochester, the schools have implemented a locked-door policy, which means that all school doors, including the main entrance doors, are to be locked during school day.

This important training is in response to the shooting tragedy last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, which took away the lives of about a couple dozen innocent younglings.  It is exceedingly important to be prepared in such a situation because no one will ever know if there is a person with that intention out there. All schools, in all states have to receive training for not only situation like this, but also for any form of crimes and emergencies.