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| School shooting scenario part of Mantracker |
| By times-herald.com - Alex McCrae |
| Published: 04/18/2013 |
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School shootings like the December 2012 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Ct., have been on the minds of regional law enforcement officials as they gathered for the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office-sponsored Mantracker training this week. Law enforcement officials work every day to improve responses to such situations, knowing that fast action saves lives, and in this week’s training a school shooting in progress was one of the scenarios staged at the old Howard Warner School building on Savannah Street in Newnan. The Tuesday session of the 2013 Mantracker was called an “active shooter” scenario and involved officers and volunteers playing the roles of shooter, school employees and students. The two officers in charge of the scenario were Sergeant Mark Cooper and Investigator Denver Atwood of the Newnan Police Crime Suppression Unit. Cooper said Tuesday’s scenario was designed to involved an “active shooter” instead of a shooter who might have barricaded himself into an area or taken hostages. Read More. |
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