The facility being used is an abandoned office building which allows instructors to put on multiple active shooter scenarios.
“We’re going to run guys through different scenarios this afternoon with “simunitions,” some blanks, put you guys in some stressful situations,” Sgt. Matt Hunady told the group at the beginning of the exercise. “There’s been multiple incidents in the last few months with different scenarios that have played out but with school coming back into session, it’s a good time to remind everybody what we’re here for,” Boone explained.
The goal is to save lives by taking the fight to the threat as soon as possible. The portions of the training Fox 10 News was allowed to see was just to get an idea of the types of distractions the trainees go through. The actual response tactics were not revealed for obvious reasons.Download the FOX10 Weather App. Get life-saving severe weather warnings and alerts for your location no matter where you are.