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York County police train new tactics for mass violence

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The Northern York County Police Department hosted a training for officers from across the county on how to handle mass violence. They used the hallways and classrooms of Dover Area Middle School and shot targets with soap or paint guns. The drills involve practicing a new tactic. It’s called SORD, or Solo Officer Rapid Deployment, which requires a single officer to enter a facility and try to stop the mass violence incident, rather than waiting for backup like in the past. Sgt. Kyle McClure, an instructor, said, “Mass violence incidents often only last five minutes. Police response time is usually three minutes. That leaves two minutes to make a difference. That’s what we’re focused on.” He said police are using the new tactic because they’ve learned from previous mass violence incidents. He called it a learning experience where officers can go back and practice what went wrong as well as the procedures done correctly. The goal is to save lives, whether it’s at a school, business or church. He says hopefully they’ll never need the training, but they’ll be ready.

DOVER, Pennsylvania —

The Northern York County Regional Police Department hosted a training for officers from across the county on responding to incidents of mass violence.

They used the hallways and classrooms of Dover Area Middle School and shot at targets with soap or paint guns.

The exercises will train a new tactic called SORD, or Solo Officer Rapid Deployment, which requires a single officer to enter a facility and attempt to end the incident of mass violence, rather than waiting for backup as in the past.

Instructor Sgt. Kyle McClure said: “Mass violence incidents often last only five minutes. Police response time is usually three minutes. That leaves two minutes to make a difference. That’s our focus.”

He said police are using the new tactic because they have learned from previous mass violence incidents. He called it a learning experience where officers can go back and practice what went wrong as well as the procedures used correctly.

The goal is to save lives, whether in school, in business or in church.

He says that hopefully they will never need the training, but that they will be ready for it.

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