SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Miami-Dade Schools Police are using the final weeks before the start of the new school year to get response ready, going through simulated emergencies in order to be prepared for the real thing.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools teamed up on Thursday with Miami-Dade Schools Police, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and others agencies to conduct their yearly mass casualty exercise at John A. Ferguson Senior High School in Southwest Miami-Dade.
Thursday morning’s drill featured a staging of a school shooting.
“It’s our number one priority. There is no waiting if there’s an active shooter inside our schools,” said Miami-Dade Schools Police Chief Ivan E. Silva. “Even if an active shooter becomes barricaded, our officers are trained to go inside and take him out.”
