Southgate city officials spoke about the recent school shooting and the upcoming Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate training in the school district, which was scheduled prior to the recent school shooting, with City Clerk Jan Ferencz (left), and city councilmembers Phillip Rauch, Dale Zamecki and Christian Graziani; City Council President Zoey Kuspa; and Council members Bill Colovos, Mark Farrah and Karen George in attendance.
Program was scheduled before recent shooting
By SUE SUCHYTA
Sunday Times Newspapers
SOUTHGATE – With the recent Oxford High School shooting, City Councilman Mark Farrah reminded city officials Dec. 1 that the school district’s students would receive Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate training.
He said the ALICE training, which will be conducted by the Police Department, was scheduled before the latest school shooting occurred.
“You’ve heard that term an awful lot in the last 24 hours,” Farrah said. “This is not a result of this. This is something that was pre-planned. You saw the school staff in Oxford take the proper steps and protect an awful lot of children from further harm.”
He said he is proud that the Police Department and other public safety employees are prepared and are moving forward with the training next week.
City Councilwoman Karen George said she heard on the news that because of their training, the students at Oxford High School reacted in a way that was designed to protect them.
“The training did pay off,” she said. “That was good to hear, aside from all that happened with the tragedy.”