Police offer free active shooter training classes

A series of active shooter safety classes offered by the Wake Forest Police Department has spiked the interest of the public.
Posted 11/26/2018, 12:55:10 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:53:24 PM

THE ALL CLEAR WAS GIVEN A SHORT

TIME LATER.>>> WAKE FOREST WILL

HOLD A CLASS TODAY TO HELP

PEOPLE PREPARE FOR ACTIVE

SHOOTER SITUATION.

IT IS THE FOURTH CIVILIAN

RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER

EVENTS.

OUR REPORTER IS LIVE IN WAKE

FOREST WITH WHAT PEOPLE CAN

EXPECT TO LEARN.

>> POLICE HOLD A CLASS HERE

BEHIND ME.

THE FIRST CLASS OFFERED WAS

BUILT WITHIN THE HOUR.

THE ONE TONIGHT IS ALSO FULL.

YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL

NEXT YEAR TO SIGN UP FOR THE

NEXT ONE.

OFFICIALS SAID THERE ARE 2

TAKEAWAYS FROM THE CLASS.

RESOLVE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO

SURVIVE.

FOCUS ON YOUR REASON FOR LIVING.

SECONDLY, TRUST YOUR INSTINCT.

THERE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING

INTEREST IN THIS CLASS.

WE SPOKE WITH ONE MAN WHO TOOK

IT LAST MONTH.

>> YOU NEVER KNOW HOW YOU'RE

GOING TO REACT TO A SITUATION

LIKE THAT.

HOPEFULLY I WOULD DO THE RIGHT

THING.

>> THAT WILL BE MORE CLASSES

OFFERED IN 2019.

THEY ARE FREE FOR EVERYONE.

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