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SAPD active shooter drill set for today at The Observatory

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Santa Ana Police Department

Tuesday November 7th, 2017 :: 09:51 a.m. PST

COMMUNITY ADVISEMENT: Training Active Shooter Incident Exercise, Large Police and Fire Presence

The Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area (ASAUA) will be delivering an Active Shooter Incident Exercise to the Central Region of Orange County. The Central Mutual Aid Region is comprised of Santa Ana, Orange, Villa Park, Garden Grove, Stanton, Tustin, Orange County’s Probation and District Attorney’s Offices. The exercise is designed to test the region’s ability to respond to an Active Shooter Incident and utilize the Rescue Task Force response concept (Law & Fire casualty extraction). Continue reading→

Active Shooter Drill set for 10/22 at the Westfield MainPlace Mall

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MainPlace Mall

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: Westfield MainPlace Mall Active Shooter Drill October 22, 2014 at 2800 N. Main St. Santa Ana, CA

*** Media Advisory ***

(Santa Ana, CA) Today, Westfield MainPlace Mall has announced they will be holding an active shooter drill on Wednesday, October 22, 2014. The drill will allow participants from the mall, the Santa Ana Police Department, and the Orange County Fire Authority to work together during a realistic active shooter scenario. The purpose of the drill is to give mall employees and the police and fire departments an opportunity to exercise their response plans and procedures in the event of an active shooter in the mall.

Given the unfortunate occurrence of recent active shooter incidents around the world, Jonathan Maher, the General Manager of Westfield MainPlace, requested and helped plan the drill to ensure his personnel were familiar with procedures and had a chance to practice how they would react. Continue reading→