NORTH MIAMI, FLA. (WSVN) - An active shooter drill took place at North Miami Senior High School.
North Miami Police, in partnership with Miami-Dade Public Schools Police, trained in the hallways of North Miami Senior High, Tuesday, in the event an actual active shooter situation were to take place.
“Real time, real type of situation that involves an active shooter on site in a school,” said Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.
North Miami Police Chief Larry Juriga described the steps taken during the active shooter drill.
“You saw that they came in initially, stopped the killing. They went and addressed and neutralized the subject, stopped the dying, put tourniquets on, chest compression, and then evacuate,” said Juriga.
Officers simulated various scenarios if an active shooter were to open fire in the school.
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Officials are working to get trained officers placed at every Miami-Dade County public school in time for the start of the new school year.
“Safety and security is our highest priority,” said Carvalho. “After the passage of state legislation that mandates law enforcement being present in schools, we went to work.”
With the less than a month until the start of the school year, the district and law enforcement are working to make sure every school in the county has an officer on campus by the start of the new year, trained and ready to take on an active shooter.
“Our kids, our teachers, our parents deserve the peace of mind that comes with having a certified law enforcement entity at the schools,” said Carvalho.
Officers trained so they know how they will work to find and stop the shooter, then attend to the wounded.
Carvalho said he was disturbed by the drill but understood its impact for students’ safety.
“It is impactful, it is real, and I certainly wanted to experience it to relate to it,” he said.
Carvalho said that, out of 400 schools, there are about 90 that need officers on campus.
“By the first day school, August 20th, there will be a police officer assigned to every single school,” he said.
Carvalho added that several active shooter drills with other police departments are expected to take place at other schools in the county.
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