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Lander University Police Train for ‘Critical Situation’

LUPDShooterTraining-TN.jpgLander University Police Chief Greg Allen, left, discusses a recently completed session of active shooter training with Parking Enforcement Officer Jonathan Larsen, Corporal Jack Smith, and Captain Vernon Peppers. Peppers, who was in charge of the training, said it is important for officers to learn tactics for dealing with a gunman. "We come up with scenarios that are stressful and make the officers think about what to do in a critical situation," he said.