Photo By Capt. Fernando Ochoa | Police officers from the Tustin/Irvine Police Departments conducted an “Active...... read more read more
TUSTIN, Calif. - Soldiers from the 968th Quartermaster Company, 163rd Ordnance Company and 419th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, in conjunction with the Tustin/Irvine Police Departments, conducted an “Active Shooter” exercise at the Tustin US Army Reserve Center in Tustin, Calif. June 12.
Active Shooter Threat training is designed to instill within students the knowledge, skills, abilities and mindset necessary to successfully respond to an active threat event. This training utilizes dynamic interactive drills and scenario-based training to develop necessary proficiency.
“This is our opportunity to exercise the plan we have developed,” said Lt. Col. Kevin McKenzie, 419th CSSB supervisory staff administrator. “I want to thank the Tustin and Irvine police departments for their combined forces.”
Along with 10 Soldiers and two civilians, there were 22 SWAT members from the Combined Tustin/Irvine Police Departments, seven officers form the Crisis Negotiations Team, four tactical dispatchers, a K-9 officer from the Irvine PD and three members of the Orange County Sheriff's department hazardous device section and bomb squad.
The scenario took a year to plan and involved multiple meetings between Army Reserve personnel and Irvine and Tustin police departments.
The goal of the exercise was to test the Tustin U.S. Army Reserve Center's active shooter and evacuation plan as well as allow the law enforcement agencies a chance to train in a new setting and with non-police personnel.
The exercise lasted seven hours. The scripted scenario involved a distraught Soldier who was upset following a deployment and entered the reserve center with a weapon. The distraught Soldier shot his weapon and eventually took two hostages to an upstairs room. The exercise concluded with an after action review.
“This was a very successful exercise and met all of our expectations,” said McKenzie. “The police department officers commented that is was one of the most challenging negotiations and scenarios they had ever done.”
| Date Taken: | 06.12.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 06.17.2014 14:07 |
| Story ID: | 133375 |
| Location: | TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, US |
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