The Indianola Police Department held a Community Engagement Night last week, discussing with the public about the police response in the event of an active shooter. Acting Chief Brian Sher tells KNIA News the goal wasn’t about making the community experts in what to do in the event of an active shooter, but to help business owners and managers keep in mind what to do in the event of an active shooter in Indianola.

“What we wanted to do is, especially for business owners, is to think about the topic. How they can react and survive if an incident like this ever happened in Indianola. Officer Hackett who is our SRO, School Resource Officer, gave a presentation on ALICE. ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. By no means is it to make people experts, but it’s to give them information on what to do and how to survive an active shooter.”

Sher also said the event was recorded, and will be available for viewing to those who were unable to make the meeting. To learn more, tune in to today’s Let’s Talk Indianola.