Intruder Disarmament Training Offered to School Districts Around St. Louis
Law enforcement and school district officials shared area crises plans at a Safe Schools Partnership meeting Thursday. Police-led training could be provided to teachers and administrators.
St. Louis area police and school administrators are taking security measures in schools to the next level, even to the point of perhaps conducting training for teachers about how to disarm intruders and negotiate with shooters who invade schools. St. Louis County Police Department officers and members of the Safe Schools Partnership met Thursday morning at the Rockwood School District Administrative Annex in Eureka to continue discussions about how to bolster future safety in schools. St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch said police teams are offering to survey the crises and emergency plans for the corresponding schools they service, especially to ensure everyone involved is operating from the same premises. "This meeting was about …
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Matt Frey
1:07 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Heartland Ninjutsu, located in Immaculate Conception Parish Hall, in Maplewood is still offering a free month of active shooter and disarmament training for teachers and administrators. @Stephanie: We'll extend the offer to you too. We teach very practical self-protection skills, including disarms. My partner and I both work in security and he's also an ex-cop. We've used this stuff. We know what… more ›