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'We're not going to stand there and argue' if responding to active shooter, sheriff says

Sheriff Lowell Griffin told commissioners officers locally are well trained to respond to an active shooter threat in a school. [LIGHTNING FILE PHOTO]

By Bill Moss, Published: June 20, 2022

Henderson County’s response to an active shooter threat in a school would be immediate and forceful and not hindered by the kind of jurisdictional confusion and delay that’s now under scrutiny in Uvalde, Texas, Sheriff Lowell Griffin told county commissioners last week.