"ACTIVE SHOOTER" DRILL AT HIGH SCHOOL

     On Wednesday April 2, 2008 an "active shooter" drill was conducted at the Ocean Township High School.  The planned drill was coordinated by the Ocean Township Police Department, the Ocean Township School District and the Monmouth County Emergency Response Team.  Other agencies present included the New Jersey State Police, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, the Monmouth County Fire Marshall's Office, the Office Of Emergency Management, the Oakhurst Fire Department and the Oakhurst First Aid Squad. 
     The purpose of the drill was to deploy a full scale response to an active shooter scenario in an occupied school.  The drill commenced with an "armed intruder" entering the school who later took a class "hostage".  Subsequent responses included school lockdown, patrol response, containment, evacuation, negotiations, suspect engagement and arrest.  Issues including but not limited to scene security, Mobile Command establishment, First Aid rescue and fire suppression were some of the many "behind the scenes" operations that also unfolded. 
     Below are a few photos of the event in the briefing, execution and resolution phases.