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Police invite public to program on active shooter threats

By Bill Moss, Published: February 22, 2016

The Hendersonville Police Department and Chief Herbert Blake invited citizens of Hendersonville and surrounding communities to attend an informational and educational presentation on incidents of mass violence, specifically active shooting acts of violence.

With the continued increase in these types of incidents, Blake would like to extend the expertise and knowledge of police in the response, alleviation and recovery efforts for these types of events.

The presentations will be held at the Hendersonville City Operations Center at 305 Williams Street, at 2 p.m. March 21 and 4 p.m. March 23. The presentations will include modern trends in this type of disaster, statistical data on events, law enforcement response and strategies that the public can take to diminish the impact of the event if they find themselves as victims. There will also be a short question and answer period with the law enforcement professionals.

There is no need to make reservations for the programs but those who have questions about the presentation or topics should contact Lieutenant Chris Leroy or Officer Rob Underwood at the Hendersonville Police Department at 828-697-3031.