The Kansas Highway Patrol is offering free classes to law enforcement agencies and to schools to help them prepare for possible shooting incidents.

The Patrol’s Special Response Team (SRT) has been working with Dr. Diane DeBacker, Kansas Commissioner of Education, as well as Dr. Bob Hull, Director of the Kansas Center for Safe and Prepared Schools, to develop these training sessions to address the needs of Kansas schools and law enforcement agencies.

“These training sessions have been developed, not in response to a specific threat, but rather to help equip our schools and law enforcement agencies to preplan and mitigate these acts of school violence, in an effort to protect our children,” said KHP Major Jason De Vore.

The training will be offered March 25 at Fort Hays State University.  The day-long session addresses school violence awareness; active shooters; and law enforcement response and mitigation.