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Active shooter training drill at UC Davis With the beginning of the school year approaching, UC Davis held an active shooter drill to give emergency responders, campus personnel and students a chance to prepare for an emergency. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT TO USE. KCRA 3'S KRISTEN SIMOES HAS THE STORY. ISTEN: A SCENE OF TERROR PLAYED OUT SEEN WAY TOO MANY TIMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS TIME AT UC DAVIS. THIS TIME IT IS FORTUNATELY JUST A DRILL. THE SCENARIO IS A LONE GUNMAN WHO IS DISTRAUGHT AND UPSET AT THE UNIVERSITY. HE HAS COME HERE TO SHOOT. KRISTNE EN: IT INVOLVES STUDENTS AT EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN THE HALL. >> WE WERE JUST -- THERE WERE JUST A SHOOTING AT UCLA. WITH THAT HAPPENING IT IS KIND OF LIKE THIS IS TOO REAL. KRISTE N: THIS STUDENT VOLUNTEERED FOR THE DRILLED NOT EXPECTING IT WOULD FEEL SO REALISTIC. >> I WAS SITTING AT MY COMPUTER, THEN I HEARD ALL THE COMMOTION AND THE SHOUTING. MY HEART WAS BEATING BECAUSE IT SEEMED REAL. KRISTEN: PARTICIPANTS SAY SHOULD THE WORST HAPPENING, THERE IS COMFORT TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE PREPARED FOR A SCENE SO UNPREDICTABLE. >> IT MAKES YOU FEEL MORE SECURE KNOWING THAT THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO. EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE, THEY CAN RESPOND QUICKER. KRISTE : ALTHOUGH CLASSES DON'T AGAIN FOR ANOTHER MONTH, THIS WAS A TESTING COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS. STAFF, EVEN STUDENTS HAD A