“Get ready, all units,” first responder radios echoed across the Biola University campus early Feb. 28 just before the sound of gunfire and smoke bombs pierced the air.
“GO GO GO!”
About then, officers moved into formation across the university’s Meltzer Lawn area, as a simulated active shooter began to fire an assault rifle–loaded with paint.
A mock shooter runs away from multiple law enforcement and first responder agencies participating in an active shooter exercise on the campus of Biola University in La Mirada, Calif., on Feb. 28, 2023. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
The event was a shooting response exercise incorporating simulated gunfire, flashbangs, fire alarms, and smoke machines while police and sheriff’s department personnel utilized mock medical trauma centers for role-playing victims played by campus students and university staff….