The
Canton Police Department will be conducting Advance Law Enforcement Rapid
Response Training (ALEERT) and you’re invited.
The media will be given the opportunity to film and learn more about law
enforcement efforts to prepare for the worst.
This training was scheduled prior to the recent active shooting event in
Orlando FL (6/12/2016).
This
dynamic course of instruction is designed to prepare the first responder to
isolate, distract, and neutralize an active shooter. The course curriculum includes weapon
manipulation, threshold evaluation, concepts and principles of team movement
(including solo officer strategies), setting up for room entry and room entry
techniques, approach and breaching the crisis site, follow-on responder
tactics, improvised explosive devices (IED's), and post-engagement priorities
of work. The course will culminate with
dynamic “force-on-force” scenarios. This
8 hour training will give you the opportunity to witness the swift and
immediate response that reflects the new kind of training used by law enforcement to engage a
shooter. You will also learn about the
logistics planning to evacuate survivors and wounded. The training will use active shooter role
players using realistic weapons (Simunition®).
When: Monday-Friday this week (6/13-6/17) – choose one day to
attend
8:00 am until 5:00 pm
Where: The
former Tippens Elementary School located at 8 Glenwood St., Canton Ga 30014.
Reservation: To reserve a spot at the training please contact:
PIO Pacer Cordry
678-852-4753
A
multi-agency Active Shooter training is also being planned to prepare for each
agency’s role within multiple responding agencies event at some point in the
future.
Chief
of Police Mark J. Mitchell stated, “Our agency just like the other departments
in Cherokee County is working hard to prepare and be ready for an Active
Shooter Event. This vital training along
with the Citizen Response to Active Shooter Training (CRASE) that all
jurisdictions in our County have offered, not only ensures our citizens are
prepared but makes certain that our dedicated Officers have the training they
need to respond, react, contain and neutralize this type of threat in order to
protect / serve the citizens in our community.”
