The Indianola Police Department held a Community Engagement Night with the public last week, discussing the department’s response in the event of an active shooter. Acting Chief Brian Sher tells KNIA News the department has trained for the possibility of an active shooter situation.

“We are not being reactive, we are being proactive. We have trained on this topic, we trained in August of 2018, October of 2018, February and July of 2020, and March of 2021. Our next scheduled training is June 30th and we secured a school we can do it in this time. So if we get a call of an active shooter, we don’t wait, we go towards the gun shots. Our job is to eliminate the shooter, whatever that means, whatever that looks like. We go, we don’t wait, we go through the doors, we go towards the gun shot. The faster we can end the situation, the safer it is for everybody.”

To listen to the full interview, click below.

https://www.kniakrls.com/2022/06/27/lets-talk-indianola-indianola-police-community-engagement-night/