I went down to a local middle school in the late afternoon last Friday, May 24, 2013, to volunteer as a 'victim' in a police training exercise. As a result of a phone call I got from someone who works with the Law Enforcement Alumni Association, who was looking for 'civilians' to role-play with a group of public safety workers who would practice finding a shooter in the halls of a locked-down school.
We met the trainer, who gave us a vague description of what we would be required to do: act like victims. And had a good look at at the guy who would be playing the part of the shooter, dressed in camo. with a honking big gun. Wearing a mask and looking pretty scarey. So we were scattered out in the hallways, after all the students had long been dismissed, to look freaked out when the shooter rushed by, and the teams of cops came into the halls in search of the bad guy.
I think I did an excellent job. Lying in the floor, looking pained, and shouting: HELP HELp, HElp, Help, help,helphelp.. After several times of 'practicing' the art of looking in need of rescuing, and being in great distress, we took a break. Then the civilians got a chance, using the same blanks, in the official police weapons to track down the crazed lunatic shooter. We got him Good. Full of holes. Dead as a Nit.
Then they all went off to supper, with the miraculously recovered shooter happily no longer perforated. I came home to go to bed.With the assurance that I would be called the next time they need civilian volunteers.
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