Agencies hold active shooter training at Cameron middle school

CAMERON, Mo. (KCTV) - They work with area law enforcement and medical assistance agencies to respond quickly, and correctly, if a shooter enters the school doors.

“We have about as many interested parties as want to come be involved as possible because we know that if there was actually an incident, that we would have law enforcement from everywhere maybe even an hour away showing up,” said Superintendent Dr. Matt Robinson.

Robinsons said every school year they practice for a school shooting threat.

Staff involved acted as a teacher, parent, student or victim in Thursday’s scenario.

“Parents are going to try and swarm the school and they’re going to want their kids and so we need to figure out the best way to get those kids back to their parents, find out which kids – god forbid – something happened and how we notify parents,” said Robinson.

They learn to hide, wait for law enforcement to find them safely, and reunite with their child if they survive.

This year’s scenario was centered around the Uvalde, Texas school shooting that killed 21 people inside Robb Elementary School.

“Unfortunately, we have to do these kinds of drills to make sure this doesn’t happen anymore,” said Robinson. “Kids and educators have become targets and so we’re just doing what we can to try and maybe mitigate those circumstances.”

Thursday’s school shooting scenario lasted around three hours. The district will take what they’ve learned from this practice and meet during this school year for next year’s test.

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