CCU holds full-scale public safety exercise

CCU’s Department of Public Safety held a full-scale “armed aggressor” exercise at Clay D. Brittain Jr. Hall on July 19. The department routinely trains to better prepare the University to respond in the event of an emergency and stop an imminent threat.

The exercise involved members of CCU’s public safety department training with local emergency medical personnel and law enforcement personnel from local, state, and federal agencies and area hospitals. It featured a realistic scenario that prompted an emergency response to a reported threat in Brittain Hall. The exercise included simulated casualties, portrayed by students, faculty, and staff, throughout the building to add realism to the training. Those individuals were triaged on site and transported to Conway Medical Center, where simulated response and treatment took place.