active shooter drills

Law enforcement officers and EMS personnel from key public agencies in the Pensacola area recently participated in realistic, high-intensity Active Shooter Hostile Events (ASHE) training. The course, aimed at rendering medical aid more quickly, was led by the Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation in Medical Education at the University of Miami.

Two weeks after a deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, reignited debates about gun violence and securing schools, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that will require mental-health “crisis intervention” training for on-campus officers.

The shooting at Oxford, Mich., drew attention to the school's lockdown drills and how students were trained to respond to such crises. But certain high-intensity drills can have negative impacts, too.