Officers, volunteers practice response to active assault

  • First responders trained as realistically as possible to deal with an armed assailant during a session Saturday at Gladwin Intermediate School.
    First responders trained as realistically as possible to deal with an armed assailant during a session Saturday at Gladwin Intermediate School.

    GLADWIN

    First responders from throughout the area reported to Gladwin Elementary School Saturday morning for an Active Assault Training session covering what to do in the event of a mass shooting incident.

    After receiving briefings from Police Chief Kyle Binger and School Resource Officer Bob Doyle, officers armed themselves with dummy weapons while volunteer victims were sent across the parking lot…