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Active shooter drill at CU turned out to feel very real Drill turns out to feel very real as 30 actors participated in the safety exercise at CU in what they called 'an active shooter drill'. "Originally, I thought I was going to have to try to act really hard. But it felt real, once it started, the auditorium got completely quiet..." -- Rebecca Carson, CU senior from Cypress, TX Click on headline for complete story By Josh Christian, editor CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - "Help us! Someone please, help us!" Jesse Grubbs, a CU senior from Azle, TX yelled while running from the scene with a group of students who had been "injured" during the mock "shooting." Grubbs was one of several actors in the active shooter drill April 27, 2018 in and around The Gheens Recital Hall on the Campbellsville University campus. Students and staff were also at the Taylor Regional Hospital, where the "injured" students were transported. A "shooter," played by a member of the Office of Student Services, entered The Gheens Recital Hall at 10amET carrying a mock pistol. He then pretended to shoot and injure a number of students. Police were on the scene in minutes, entering the building armed with mock rifles. The mock shooter was then captured. Ambulances and fire trucks followed, also arriving on the scene with sirens blaring. CU conducted the active shooting drill in partnership with the Campbellsville City Police, Kentucky State Police, the Taylor Sounty Sheriff's Office, Coroner, the Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services, Taylor Regional Hospital and campus security testing how all could respond to a similar scenario. Grubbs was among 30 students who acted during the drill. Among those students, five had been "killed," five ran from the scene before being "injured," and a number of students were also "injured." Josh Dudgeon, a CU senior from Eastview, KY, and an actor in the active shooter drill, among the students who had been "killed." "Once you see everyone else is in danger you begin to believe it is real and you wonder whether or not we are actually prepared for something like this," Dudgeon said. Rebecca Carson, a senior from Cypress, TX, also an actor in the active shooting drill, had similar feelings. "Originally, I thought I was going to have to try to act really hard. But it felt real, once it started," Carson said. Carson said the auditorium got completely quiet just moments before the "shooting," the most realistic part for her. According to Derrick Meuth, a freshman from Science Hill, KY, "You could see it in officers' body language. They took it completely seriously." "I felt the officers represented themselves well, entering the building, focused on what their job was -- to neutralize the threat," Pat Thompson, Chief of Police for the Campbellsville Police Department, said. Kyle Davis, director of safety and security at CU, also believed the drill went well. "The exercise went smoothly. We learned a lot. There was great cooperation between the agencies and Campbellsville University," Davis said. "It was a learning experience from which we can all benefit," Davis said. Video footage and still photos were taken during the drill, which Campbellsville University's security office and the local police department plan to study to further improve their responses to such a threat. Campbellsville University is a widely-acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 10,000 students offering over 90 programs of study including 20 master's degrees, six postgraduate areas and seven pre-professional programs. The university has off-campus centers in Kentucky cities Louisville, Harrodsburg, Somerset and Hodgenville with instructional sites in Elizabethtown, Owensboro, Summersville and Liberty, all in Kentucky, and one in Costa Mesa and the Silicon Valley in California and a full complement of online programs. The website for complete information is campbellsville.edu. This story was posted on 2018-05-02 14:31:22
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