Maureen Will<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMaureen Will, director of the Emergency Communications Center in Newtown, Connecticut, will be in Van Wert on Wednesday, October 8, to share lessons learned from the tragic shooting.<\/p>\n
The free training: \u201cSchool Shooting — Lessons Learned,\u201d sponsored by Van Wert County 9-1-1, will be held in the Vantage Career Center Community Room.\u00a0The training will run from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., with Will to speak in the morning, while the afternoon session will feature area law enforcement officials, including Van Wert County Sheriff Tom Riggenbach, Van Wert Police Officer Greg Blackmore, and Allen County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Chad Lauck, who will discuss law enforcement\u2019s side of the call, including information officers need from dispatchers in a crisis like a school shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe training will cover emergency responding from the communications standpoint,\u201d said County 9-1-1 Director Kim Brandt.\u00a0\u201cWe will discuss information technology, communications, handling the media, and dealing with the aftermath.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a rare opportunity for dispatchers, emergency responders and school personnel in our communities to add to their training and preparation,\u201d Brandt added.<\/p>\n
Registration will be accepted until the capacity of 100 seats is filled or September 30, Brandt said.<\/p>\n
Cost of the program and lunch will be covered by Van Wert County 9-1-1 Operations, which funds training through sales of ads on the annual law enforcement calendars.<\/p>\n
Those wanting to register should call Brandt at 419.238.3866 (sheriff\u2019s office) as soon as possible or email attendee names and agency information to vwc911@bright.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VW County 9-1-1 information The first call at 9:35 a.m. December 14, 2012, came from a secretary in the school\u2019s office. Seconds later, the emergency dispatchers took another call from Sandy Hook Elementary School — this one from a custodian. Dispatchers didn\u2019t need to ask why. They could hear the gunshots over the phone. Barely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-04 05:24:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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