TRAINING TO MINIMIZE TRAGEDY.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News PALMDALE -- Kornelius Davis lay motionless on the ground Tuesday until sheriff's deputies in a recovery group carried him off a main quad at Knight High into a secure area outside the school. ``I heard gunshots and I saw a bullet on the ground,'' said Davis, a Knight senior. ``It was a little scary scar·y adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est 1. Causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid. scar .'' The shots Davis heard were blanks, and he wasn't hurt. He was among about 15 Knight students helping sheriff's deputies in a school safety team train for their response if a shooter or shooter opened fire on campus in a Columbine-type tragedy. About 50 sheriff's deputies worked in 10 teams of five, alternating between being first responders first responder First response personnel Emergency medicine A person employed in the public sector–EMT, fire fighter, police, volunteer EMS–whose duties include provision of immediate medical care in the event of an emergency; FRs have basic emergency and recovery workers getting the wounded to safety. Sgt. Darren Brown This article is about the musician known as "Wiz". For the magician, see Derren Brown. Darren Brown (January 18 1962 - December 6 2006), known as Wiz of the Lancaster sheriff's station said deputies are trained to take an aggressive approach if a gunman threatens the lives of students, faculty or others on an Antelope Valley high school Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. campus. ``If that shooter's actively on, the first five deputies on the scene are going to go in there and take the guy out, so to speak,'' Brown said. He said this is in stark contrast to the approach at Columbine High School Columbine High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado. The school is located at 6201 South Pierce Street, one mile west of the Littleton city limits and half a mile south of the Denver city/county line. case in Colorado, where law enforcement officers waited two hours before entering the suburban campus. The students involved in the Knight drill were trained to re-enact re·en·act also re-en·act tr.v. re·en·act·ed, re·en·act·ing, re·en·acts 1. To enact again: reenact a law. 2. videotaped behavior of students involved in real attacks. Most of the teens in the drill are drama students. The sheriff's deputies were trained to work in groups. The first responders' primary responsibility was to find the gunman or gunmen. The recovery group was responsible for removing the wounded from scene. ``Communication is the key,'' sheriff's Deputy Paul Fernandez said. The drill Tuesday was the fourth such training exercise at an Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley school. ``We want to be prepared for it in case -- God forbid for·bid tr.v. for·bade or for·bad , for·bid·den or for·bid, for·bid·ding, for·bids 1. To command (someone) not to do something: I forbid you to go. 2. -- something like that happens here,'' Knight Principal Brett Neal said. ``That's the nature of where we're at today.'' gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) The sheriff's safety team for the Antelope Valley High School District takes a student playing a wounded victim to safety in a training exercise Tuesday at Knight High School. The team drilled on response if a shooter or shooters came on campus. (2) A sheriff's deputy, one of about 50 participating in a training exercise at Knight High School, looks for a drill participant playing a gunman's role. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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