Teachers Taught How to React During a School Shooting Scenario
Educators from school districts across Oakland County attended a large-scale active shooter training session in Waterford today.
Run, hide or fight. Those three actions may save your life in an active shooter situation similar to December’s shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CN, according to Oakland County Homeland Division officials. Approximately 85 Oakland County school administrators, teachers and school staff focused on the kind decisions one may have to make in an active shooter situation during a 2 1/2 hour training session at the Executive Office Building in Waterford Thursday. The important takeaway—react quickly. Teachers were told to have an evacuation plan prepared and as a first action to flee a bad situation, bringing their students with them, but only if it’s safe to do so. If it is not safe, the next step is to hide, preferably behind …
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