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Mock Lockdown Situation at Fanshawe College

Friday, 17 May 2013 at 11:22

Students were screaming and running from Fanshawe College's Woodstock campus this morning. It was part of a training opportunity for the Woodstock Police Service to enhance their response to a lockdown situation inside of the school. Students from the Police Foundation program played the victims, some of which were outfitted with fake gun shot wounds and were found lying on the ground. Police Foundation Instructor Fidel Zabian says this is the first time the Woodstock campus has participated in a lockdown exercise. "About three or four different scenarios as to what could happen if say a disgruntled student comes in or a shooter comes in. Its sort of a preparatory for a worse case scenario of what might happen, so it helps us at the school if we have any weaknesses here and also helps the Police Services for training which they seem to do twice a year." Constable Eric Hiiuvain says they tried to make it as real as possible. "We have casualties, you have screaming students who have been injured, you have fatalities and the officers have to negotiate through the rooms, check doors, clear the area to locate the person who is committing the offense, who is actually shooting and looking to kill people." Hiiuvain says this kind of training has become experientially important. "Hearing about it in the States, it's something that we want to be prepared for, it's not something we want to react to after the fact, we want to be ready for anything to the best of our abilities." Woodstock Police say no form of live ammunition was used during the scenarios.

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