Additional session planned for county employees
Logan County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chris Prickett, right, demonstrates with Deputy Paul Finfrock during ALICE training Thursday some different areas on the body, such as the head, arm or back of the leg, where individuals could swarm an armed intruder to take them down. (EXAMINER PHOTO | MANDY LOEHR)
Representatives from area churches and businesses this week attended a training session presented by Logan County Sheriff’s Office deputies that empowers participants with techniques to turn the tables on an intruder if they should ever find themselves in an active shooter situation.
The ALICE method — standing for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate — throws off the attacker and affords a better survival rate when faced with this life-altering situation, speakers said. It spells out some common sense actions, such as countering an intruder utilizing items commonly at one’s disposal, and evacuating the workplace, school or church whenever possible to get away from the threat.
When this type of tragedy struck West Liberty-Salem Schools just this year, this same training was credited with potentially saving many lives in the brief minutes that encompassed the Jan. 20 shooting.
“I hate that in this day and age, we have to talk about this subject,” deputy and certified ALICE presenter Chris Prickett said during a Thursday afternoon training. “Statistically, it looks like this kind of thing wouldn’t happen in our small community, but in reality, it has happened too close to home.”
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