Active shooter drill involves emergency services

Odessa Police, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the Town of Odessa and its public works staff, the Odessa Fire Department, Odessa EMTs, Odessa Memorial Hospital and the Odessa School District joined forces February 25 to conduct an “active shooter drill.” The purpose of the drill was to ensure that all entities involved knew what steps to take and what communications to issue should the need ever arise for them.

The school notified sheriff’s office dispatchers in Davenport of their needs based on a scenario in which someone with a firearm was in the school and shots were fired. Dispatchers...